Shiksha Sharma, MD
@ShikshaSharmaMD
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Pediatric Hospitalist Fellow @inovahealth| she/her/hers | #BLM | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally | Daughter of immigrants 🇮🇳 | All views are my own
Fairfax, VA
Joined August 2020
We #WearOrange in honor of our patients and families affected by gun violence. We will continue to fight for a safer world for our patients. #EndGunViolence #DoctorsForGunSafety #ThisIsOurLane @TulPeds @KimMukerjee @oyinoshinowoDO
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Honored that our #HospitalPediatrics article looking at gender differences on the SOHM listserv was in #PHM24 Top Ten 🏆 Such a timely discussion by @DocZwemer: “Our culture is not defined by us at our best, but by the worst behavior we tolerate” 🗞️ https://t.co/4qQ84IrlRz
@DocZwemer @DoctorVig @PHMFellowships @LyubinaYankova @AcademicPeds @JAMAPediatrics 1592 posts, 578 posters, 50% authored by 🚺 Posts more likely coded as statements by 🚹: 39% vs 🚺: 21% 💡: Women contribute proportionately fewer posts than men. Differences exist between genders in post content + style. ~9% of posts categorized as adversarial. #PHM24 #Top10
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Can we safely do less with the 2022 hyperbilirubinemia guidelines? https://t.co/J7fGjR5P6I
#neonataljaundice #hyperbilirubinemia #NewbornPHM
journals.healio.com
Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is one of the most common conditions managed by pediatricians. Although many infants are affected, most will experience complete resolution without complication. Acute...
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We applaud today’s @US_FDA decision to approve over-the-counter birth control pills. Making them available over-the-counter will help reduce barriers and provide adolescents with another option for accessing contraception.
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Quick-guide from the website that I’ve been sending to my coresidents
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Looking forward to meeting future pediatricians tomorrow @LmsaNational’s virtual residency fair! Come chat about our @TulPeds residency program + mission and learn about the amazing impact you can have on reducing child health inequities in our community. #PedsMatch2023 #LMSARF22
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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven. https://t.co/4FoCymt8TB
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Today 43 Republicans voted to keep insulin at $1200/mo instead of $35. Tomorrow every Republican will ask you to be outraged that gas is $5 instead of $3. In the GOP world, $1200 for life saving insulin in fair play but $5 for gas is an outrage. Vote them all out.
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The only reason not to cap insulin at $35 is if you’re capping it lower than that or making it free.
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Here’s a question for all the forced-birthers out there…
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People should not need a traumatic event to access abortion; this idea leads to bans that only allow exceptions & deny everyone else. People should not need anyone’s sympathy, pity, or permission to get an abortion. Their reasons for accessing abortion are valid and their own.
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Seeing a lot of articles and tweets about the need for abortion access by highlighting young children who are pregnant to garner sympathy and support. These cases are heartbreaking and absolutely matter, but we need abortion access because EVERYONE deserves bodily autonomy.
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Breaking: A Louisiana judge has blocked enforcement of the state’s trigger ban, which banned abortion as soon as Roe was overturned. Abortions are expected to resume soon.
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PLEASE UNDERSTAND that people’s “solutions” which cut out the entire populations of southern states from the economy or the conversation are NOT helping. You’re harming the people already most vulnerable to the poverty cycle and with least access to healthcare and abortion.
Please retweet if, like me, you would like the Presidents of SAG/AFTRA, the DGA, and the WGA - all women - to encourage membership to boycott film and television production in States that outlaw abortion.
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We often don’t bring this up when speaking about abortion and pregnancy. A woman is most likely to be murdered during pregnancy than any other time in their life.
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Elections have consequences. Elections matter. Human rights are always on the ballot. The future we give our children is always on the ballot. Every. Single. Time.
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Roe. Miranda. Gun control. Church and State. All dismantled in a single week. The single worst week for civil rights and liberties in decades.
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