Amanda Sammann
@amanda_sammann
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Mother. Wife. Daughter. Friend. Trauma Surgeon DESIGN EQUITY TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY! @TheBetterLab & @EmergDesign Tweets are my own.
Joined December 2016
Happy Pride #SanFrancisco. Stay hydrated, wear a #helmet, and look both ways when you cross the street. Your @ZSFGCare @UCSF @UCSFSurgery trauma team wishes you a happy and healthy #Pride weekend.
Big Gay Day on the Trauma Surgery Service at ZSFG. Happy Pride. @JoeC_TraumaDoc @UCSFGSResidency @ZSFGCare @AmCollSurgeons
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Welcome back Dr Mendoza. We are excited to have you join our @UCSFSurgery and #UCSFtrauma community.
‼️New Faculty Alert‼️We are happy to announce that👩🏻⚕️Dr. April E. Mendoza from Massachusetts General Hospital is joining our department as a Trauma Surgeon and Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at our @UCSF_EastBay Program at Highland Hospital @AlamedaHealth🎉🎉
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Feeling empowered at the end of #WomensHistoryMonth by our trauma team of #surgeonmamas . 6 kids (3 infants!), 40 patients, 5 OR cases, all with alternating pump schedules 🍼💪🏽 Just another fulfilling day @ZSFGCare
#BreakTheBias @UCSFMSS @UCSFSurgery @WomenSurgeons @willowpump
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I am so proud. And our society should be proud indeed. @AmThyroidAssn @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine @UCSFSurgery @UCSFEndosurg
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https://t.co/5p6Ilzn073 A beautiful and heartbreaking account of loss in the time of #Covid. So proud of our @TheBetterLab colleague Neel Vahil for sharing his story.
jamanetwork.com
In this narrative medicine essay, a medical student recounts the final days of his father who died of COVID-19 and finds comfort by understanding the uniqueness of his loss and from the universal...
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Welcome to the @ZSFGCare family Dr Collins and Dr Himmler @lacasicirujana. We are so excited to work with you!
Fantastic news that Caitlin Collins @UCSFSurgery and @lacasicirujana @MedStarGUH will be joining us at @ZSFGCare and @UCSF for trauma/surgical critical care training @TraumaDocSF @JoeC_TraumaDoc @rplevin @amanda_sammann @RonTesoriero @KickAsana @TasceB @knudson_peggy @SteinSister
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Congratulations Dr. @knudson_peggy! You have been a trailblazing and glass ceiling breaking mentor and friend! It is an honor to work with you. @UCSFSurgery @ZSFGCare @SFGHFoundation @traumadoctors @TheBetterLab @UCSFMSS
At #ACSCC21, @knudson_peggy will receive this year’s Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award. Read more in Clinical Congress News:
https://t.co/G8vJ4HYOi1"
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What an incredible moment! The House has committed $5B for Violence Intervention @TheHAVI
https://t.co/04g9rXYalg
thetrace.org
PLUS: Austin, Texas, reaches a grim milestone.
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'Something has to be done': After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency's director is speaking up about gun violence https://t.co/5edxNA9zT3
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Meet people where they are and deliver culturally appropriate, trauma-informed, human-centered care… @TheBetterLab @traumadoctors @rochelleami9 @cjuillard @dpatz94 @adge_paige
Hospital-Based Intervention Can Save Lives. A Growing Movement Is Betting on Medicaid to Fund It.
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The county reached 150 mass shootings on: -May 31st in 2020 -May 31st in 2019 -June 26th in 2018 -June 13th in 2017 -June 23rd in 2016
BREAKING: Today, on the 108th day of the year, the United States has now reached 150+ mass shootings in 2021.
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The legacy of @ZSFGCare and @UCSFSurgery continues. @TraumaDocSF trains me, I train them, and they train the next generation of @traumadoctors. It's a privilege and honor to see #surgery become more diverse. #FixingAWoundedHeartWithLotsOfHeart.
Amazing group of @traumadoctors, caring for injured patients who are all women! @UCSFMSS, @UCSFSurgery, @ZSFGCare. Lead by Dr Samman
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Thanks to @jilliankramer for her thoughtful article on the impact of the pandemic on women in science and medicine in @sciam today. @jenspeteranders @mathiaswullum @RELewiss
scientificamerican.com
They bear a greater proportion of childcare and household responsibilities, making it much harder for them to publish their work and get ahead
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Dissecting the Important Difference Between Good #Surgeons and Good Leaders, a @JAMASurgery Viewpoint https://t.co/hFHibdaIyg
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An unintended consequence of #COVID19 is that patients are afraid to seek care. Hey all HCDers, @TheBetterLab, @ideo, @dennisjboyle, @stanforddschool, @frogdesign, @DesignInHealth; HMW restore trust in the community ERs that are open and ready for business?
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Congratulations to @UCSFGSResidency's Laura Wong, @LangnessSimone and the other members of @EmergDesign for their rapid and multidisciplinary design work with Adventist Health Lodi Memorial. https://t.co/whM4Ra4hYo
catalyst.nejm.org
Emergency department volume is down nearly 50% as the United States struggles with the Covid-19 epidemic. There is increasing evidence that patients with medical emergencies are avoiding the emerge...
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Hey #humancentereddesigners, @TheBetterLab, @EmergDesign, @ideo, @IDEOorg, @frogdesign, @DesignInHealth, @dennisjboyle ... HOW MIGHT WE institutionalize gratitude in everyday workflows? #HMWforanewnormal
Dear San Francisco, and every human around the globe who has stood on the front lines, stayed home, made and donated food and ppe and/or generally practiced human kindness in these very uncertain times, THANK YOU! https://t.co/ldbtWd1cL9
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Dear San Francisco, and every human around the globe who has stood on the front lines, stayed home, made and donated food and ppe and/or generally practiced human kindness in these very uncertain times, THANK YOU! https://t.co/ldbtWd1cL9
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...Traveling to the hospital? Making rounds? Running to the trauma bay? We need a mask for every occasion. Thank you to everyone who has helped #GetUsPPE. Special thank you to @aliceandolivia @EmergDesign @lectrifyit @SFGHFoundation #herobrigade #shieldourheros
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