Rafi
@RafRegardless
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she/her. Social/climate/healthcare justice. Generally trying to make this *gestures at everything* suck a little less.
Hopkins|UNC|UCF|Deerfield|Rio
Joined September 2009
You’re running marathons while I’m “running the list” We are not the same
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One of my favorite parts of the @PASMeeting is connecting with all the amazing pediatricians and especially the future pediatric nephrologists 👇🏾 Thanks to @AcademicPeds and @ASPNeph for supporting #NewCenturyScholars #PAS2024 #ASPN24 ❤️
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What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.
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Folks that write on the electronic medical record, Have you ever thought about the fact that writing “non complaint” “pain seeking” “difficult” et al. can literally be the deciding factor between that patient getting a life-saving intervention or not?
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This is what we get from academia’s obsession with “publishable” research….. nonsense 😭
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To practice medicine is to witness systemic injustices, and man- I have BIG feelings this morning on the topic. This job is great, but it is hard.
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One of my main issues with medical training, and in particular the #Match, is the way we are forced into thinking it’s normal, ideal even, to separate from the communities we were born and raised in. A thread on disconnection.
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Me putting on sunscreen before going into the hospital knowing full well there is absolutely no chance I will see the sun
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do people who run marathons know that they don't have to
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If this was about babies, there would be universal healthcare. Free education. Free daycare. Southern states would be doing all they can to drop the Black maternal mortality rate. This is about power and control
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Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…
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And you did not a single thing about it 🥲
Today, the Supreme Court not only reversed nearly 50 years of precedent, it relegated the most intensely personal decision someone can make to the whims of politicians and ideologues—attacking the essential freedoms of millions of Americans.
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But if EVERY TIME, you TOOK THE TIME, to see how YOUR decisions could impact the greater good, then you take those steps toward improving society. Those drops become the rainfall. It becomes the storm of change that's needed.
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I feel like I haven’t been sharing my thoughts at all on here, but this last year has been such a time of transition. Hoping to take up my space again soon in the Twitterverse.
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quick reminder that "you must reelect us to fix the problems we are currently refusing to fix" is not a compelling midterm election message
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Shared my perspective @NEJM "Daughters' Keeper - The Care and Treatment of Black Girls in America" | @uche_blackstock @gradydoctor @DrFNA @ValStoneMD @ZhealaQayyum @Drnicolecb @DrAyanaJordan @NzingaMD @nhannahjones @MeghnaWBUR @DrJessIsomMDMPH @askdrfatima
https://t.co/3hmsojl9RM
nejm.org
Black girls in America are harmed by intersecting racism and sexism, which manifest in biases, stereotypes, and practices that render them vulnerable to abuse, dehumanization, and death. Our silenc...
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