Kristen Carrillo-Kappus, MD MPH
@LaDoctoraCK
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Public Health trained Resident Physician. Emory, CMU, Duke OB-GYN. Tweets are my own. #KeepMoving
Joined September 2011
We out here. #AbortionIsHealthCare
🚨 protestors outside the NCGA gallery right now. STAND UP. FIGHT BACK. ✊ abortion activists were denied access to the gallery because anti-abortion folks had the galleries “reserved” for them. It’s bullshit. but our folks aren’t going anywhere. ⬇️
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This is by far the most relatable picture of greys anatomy and medicine
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NEJM has put out 3 separate pieces of anti-wellness content in the last few weeks. Here’s the problem with their thesis - duty hour limitations are not a wellness intervention. They are a workers rights issue along with low wage labor, FMLA, and maternity leave.
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@CMU_Medicine [6/#] Looking forward to the breathtaking views, family visits to the mitten ✋🏽, outdoor adventures and all the @pondercoffeeco morning runs to come! ☕️ #MissionMichigan #DurhamItsBeenReal
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@CMU_Medicine [5/#] As I look to the big move in 2024, I reflected on some of my favorite moments in Michigan (Sleeping Bear Dunes, Mackinac Island, and my family there for the white coat ceremony).
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@CMU_Medicine [4/#] There, I will complete 4 years of service through the National Health Service Corps, plan to teach, and provide family planning services while staying involved in a new ACOG district. @akap2305 and @brunoylunack are just as excited and along for the snowy ride!
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🧵 [ 3/# ] Starting in September of 2024, I will join the Women’s Health group at Isabella Citizens for Health in Mount Pleasant, Michigan… the very city that accepted me as a medical student in 2016 (@CMU_Medicine MD c/o 2020).
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🧵 [ 2/# ] : Contract signing day above 🥂 obstetrician and gynecologic surgeon I only dreamed of becoming and they have prepared me to meet the mission of my medical school: to work and serve a rural, high need community in Michigan.
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🧵[ 1/# ] 📸: Contract signing day above 🥂 Writing this is bittersweet knowing we will be leaving Durham with the completion of residency this June… but what a memorable 3.5 years it’s been so far. The community that makes up Duke OB-GYN has made me into the…
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New abortion restrictions in North Carolina, which require patients to visit their clinic twice, have had a devastating impact on clinics' ability to provide care, occupying time, space and capacity that are already in extremely short supply. Learn more ⬇️ https://t.co/2tgxx0YY8E
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Reproductive health care providers say North Carolina’s new abortion law makes it harder for patients to obtain care and for providers to offer it. Data shows a 31% decline in abortions one month...
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Happy Birthday, KCK! First birthday since starting residency that you’re not working. Enjoying the Durham Hotel Rooftop views…yes, she is breathtaking isn’t she? #ImWithHer @ladoctorack
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Looking forward to sharing all things Duke OBGYN at our virtual open houses. Register now!!. #wedeliver
Learn about our #6 nationally ranked residency program! We're presenting 2 Virtual Open Houses for prospective applicants: Aug. 27 at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time) https://t.co/j9gMcEIbZh; Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time) https://t.co/XZPcQCghOt. Registration required. #match2024
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Welcome to our new residents, and congratulations as you embark on this new phase of your #obgyn training!
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Today, I finished my last inpatient shift of internal medicine residency. Here is a short thread of some of the most important lessons I have learned over the last few years: #MedTwitter
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“Doing something is better than doing nothing.” 🔥 -Dr. Courtney Schreiber #Science in the face of challenge is our way forward! #KeepMoving
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“Many people are pregnant and not having a baby, they are important, too.” -Dr. Courtney Schreiber MD MPH @PennMedicine , presenting at @dukeobgyn Hammond Research Day
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“I will never ever back down when it comes to women’s health, and that's what the people of North Carolina want me to do.” -Gov. Cooper on CNN
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WATCH: North Carolina House Rep. Jeff McNeely caused a stir when he asked Rep. Abe Jones if he would have gotten into Harvard if he wasn't an athlete or minority.
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