Researchers say the results suggest that postoperative atrial fibrillation is more harmful that people once thought. Read the full @AATSJournals #JTCVS study:

Postoperative atrial fibrillation increases the risk of strokes and permanent Afib — and is linked to worse long term survival — after heart valve surgery, a @umichmedicine study finds.

Trainee presentations @AATSHQ Mitral Conclave including trainees @katiewagnerMD @WhitneyFu1 @TessaMFWatt & @AlexBresciaMD, who presented a total of 6 abstracts on behalf of the Michigan Mitral Research Group under mentorship from Dr Bolling, @GAilawadiMD, & @MatthewRomanoMD #MMRG

Perks of waking up on surgery time on vacation

A foot of hair coming your way @MaggieWigs4Kids. Donate your COVID cut!

https://t.co/w9nrNOF8xi #medtwitter @AsianAcadSurg #aafeminism #Asians4BlackLives Remember this part of our history for #APAHM

*Disclaimer: We are not looking to center ourselves in the conversation about anti-Blackness, but rather to serve as responsible allies – to educate, organize, and spread awareness in our own communities without further burdening Black activists, who are already doing so much. 9/

a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally-aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communities. 8/

If you’re an immigrant child struggling with breaking the silence with those nearest and dearest to you, see the Letters for Black Lives project, 7/

"We will not be used" Black Lives Matter. If you're silent, you're complicit. Time to do better. 6/

We fought together then and we’ll fight together now. We weren’t your model minority then, and we aren’t your model minority now. In the words of Dr. Mari Matsuda, from an address she delivered to the Asian Law Caucus in April 1990. 5/

and the Asian American Political Alliance executed the longest strike on an academic campus in the US to date, standing together against police brutality, violence, and legal action to successfully push for increased representation by people of color among faculty and students 4/

including the Black Student Union, the Latin American Student Organization, the Intercollegiate Chinese for Social Action, the Mexican American Student Confederation, the Philippine American Collegiate Endeavor, La Raza, the Native American Students Union, 3/

But instead of rehashing an in-depth analysis of all of the problematic assumptions associated with that myth, I want to think on the San Francisco State College Strike in 1968. A coalition of student groups 2/

I’ve been thinking about how I can use my voice in the space I occupy as a Taiwanese-American woman. I want to join the other voices dispelling the myth of the model minority, a narrative created by white America to weaponize one non-white group against others. 1/

Can’t wait to meet you, get ready for the adventure of your life!

Can’t believe this name tag finally says “resident” on it. Excited to be presenting at the 2019 New England Surgical Society Meeting #surgeryresearch #medtwitter @YaleSurgery @UMichSurgery @psyoo

“Lean into your discomfort” Invaluable, humbling advice from @jdimick1 at @UMichSurgery’s 2nd cultural complications session. Lack of ill intent does not remove culpability. Intentionally make the unconscious conscious. @harbauc @DanaTelem @CAHarrisMD @leslydossett #medtwitter

Stigma has long been the right hand man of illness, forcing people to suffer in darkness, silencing voices that work to bring it to light. This is an example of the systemic, institutionalized stigmatization of mental illness. #medtwitter #MentalHealthAwareness #surgery

One of the many reasons I’m so happy to be training at @UMichSurgery. It makes a huge difference being at an institution that wants to push the envelope, not just follow trends.