Internal medicine, emergency medicine derm.

Happy #Caturday from Ziggy who is so cute he can almost be forgiven for being an absolute menace

It was wonderful to meet the incredibly talented and lovely @ranaawdish.bsky.social last night. Rana; thank you for being an inspiration to your fellow physicians and for reminding us what is most important in medicine and in healing.

And the BEST part? For a $25 donation to the scientific research mission of @atscommunity.bsky.social you can get an EARLY copy of After Shock pre-release! ♥️ #MedSky

And the BEST part? For a $25 donation to the scientific research mission of @atscommunity.bsky.social you can get an EARLY copy of After Shock pre-release! ♥️ #MedSky

Don't miss Rana Awdish, MD, at the #ATS2026 Plenary Session, sharing her powerful journey from death to recovery, and the enduring power of hope. Read more in ATS Conference News: www.atsconferencenews.org/how-a-harrow...#ATS2026 ATS thanks GSK for their generous support of the ATS 2026 Plenary Session.

Some universal truths from your friendly neighborhood hematologist -every baby should get vitamin K -no baby needs a chiropractor -all menstruating and pregnant people should be screened for iron deficiency -vaccines save lives, prevent cancer, and are a fucking MIRACLE

YES! 🙌🏻 Embodied relational care. @madhupai.bsky.social thank you for distilling this so clearly. Eager for the conversations that will follow. 💕 #medsky

Paging all #MedSky writers. Submissions are open for a very special issue on the theme of Embodiment in Medicine. Open to all. ❤️‍🩹

Received advance copies of my book today dedicated to my son. He knows I hope that telling this difficult story can help others feel less alone and afraid.

First day with open windows in Michigan and Ziggy is very curious about all the new sounds.

I’m excited for @ranaawdish.bsky.social new book available for pre-order, out in June! (Giving one time to read/re-read her first book!) bookshop.org/p/books/afte...

Ohio friends. Join me for this conversation on all things healing. Free and open to the public. ❤️‍🩹 ysu.edu/news/ysu-hos...

Give this photographer all the prizes. 🗽🇱🇷

So happy to receive an advance copy of "After Shock" from the wonderful, inspiring @ranaawdish.bsky.social! "Healing is not a place we arrive at, but a practice we return to" Thank you, Rana! 🙏 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

If you are still carrying the wounds of the last few years in your body. If you have compartmentalized and suppressed just to keep going and want to release what you’ve been carrying but haven’t found a way to reconnect to your deepest self. I wrote this book for you. ❤️‍🩹 #MEDSky

If you are still carrying the wounds of the last few years in your body. If you have compartmentalized and suppressed just to keep going and want to release what you’ve been carrying but haven’t found a way to reconnect to your deepest self. I wrote this book for you. ❤️‍🩹 #MEDSky

More of this please. 💕 #SquirreloftheMonth #MedSky

This one goes out to all you #caregivers out there. New data out today from the @umich.edu National Poll on Healthy #Aging show just how many people over 50 who care for family/friends with health needs are 'working without a net' & not aware of supports: www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/c...

Petition to add “chuffed to bits” to the US Lexicon. Somewhere between pleased and proud it’s just so charming and we have nothing in this space 😭 and I need it ❤️ #MedSky

California boy dies of SSPE (measles complication) after being infected at age 7 months, when he was too young to be vaccinated.

I’ve had patients travel from all over the country to see me. Which makes it all the more tragic that patients in my own state of Michigan “covered” by @bcbsm.bsky.social may no longer be able to do so. #PatientsOverProfits #HealthInsurersAreTheWorst

“On Not Betraying Our Trainees, Especially Now” I won an Extraordinary Achievement Award from the Critical Care Assembly last month The @atscommunity.bsky.social premier journal @atsblueeditor.bsky.social TODAY published the remarks I made on that occasion www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

TIL that @bcbsm.bsky.social made $43.3 billion in 2025, $641 million from their stock & bonds alone. Michigan medicine proposed extending the current contract w/ extra $ for improved access, quality & cost reduction. BCBS reimbursement would still be the lowest among commercial payers.

Ziggy and Delphie. #Caturday

Omg it’s a Friday miracle. A physical copy I can hold in my hands. This book is so good I read the entire thing in a pdf on my phone in a day. I never re-read books but I’m definitely going back in on this one. @ranaawdish.bsky.social is magic. Preorder yours today—-you can thank me later.

An incredible treat to receive an advanced copy of my friend @ranaawdish.bsky.social new book After Shock. I cannot wait to read it!!

Steampunk birds I made of clay and metal, old croquet balls, sewing bits and bobs, broken jewelry, single earrings. A reminder that even what is broken and lost… it is all still art. #MedSky

Massive congratulations @panagis.bsky.social on this incredible work 🙌🏻 it will undoubtedly do so much good in the world. #MedSky

Nail polish remover (acetone) unglued my fingers (superglue craft incident) and this is why a science education matters kids 😭 #MedSky

That's right. Worse than Pointless www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...

I will always be grateful to medicine for saving my life. And, I feel a complicated mix of love and outrage when it comes to my profession. This book lives in the messy space AFTER survival. It is ASTONISHING how much healing is still possible there. 💗 #MEDSKY read.macmillan.com/lp/after-sho...

Perhaps this sequel might be of interest for the #nephjc summer book club this year?, 🤔🤓😃☀️😎🙏💛

Under US law if I accept a sandwich at work it goes in a permanent and publicly-accessible database because politicians claimed they wanted to prevent corruption

Happy #caturday from Ziggy ♥️

we really did make significant progress in reducing smoking didn’t we

Enjoying The Pitt? The AMA has some gripping medical memoirs to recommend. Including mine! ♥️ www.ama-assn.org/medical-stud...

Our local librarian remembers the series I'm reading. She reserves each subsequent book for me as it becomes available. Librarians are wonderful.

A difficult day entirely redeemed by an email from a librarian ❤️

Beyond honored to have an essay included in this stunning collection alongside so many writers I admire. Intro by the legendary Rita Charon ♥️ #MedSky

An antidote to the violence we’ve all witnessed. Community. Peaceful protest. Mercy. Choose love ❤️

My first book, In Shock, is on sale for only $2.99 the month of February. Given…(gestures vaguely) all of this… it’s a great time to read about the essential role of compassion in healing and also get ready for After Shock, coming in June. #medsky

This five year old is still in jail

It appears that this legend owns a little bookstore — and you can order books from him instead of Bezos. Link in next post.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

New BFF just dropped.

Wrote about the Spider-Man detail that absolutely crushed me

Book 6 of 2026 “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us” -Kafka This breathtaking follow-up to In Shock by @ranaawdish.bsky.social is that axe and everything else you could ever want from a book. Preorder today. Seriously. All of you. #BookSky

Interrupting doomscrolling to present Ziggy’s BFF, mini-owl. Nap companion, chew toy, pillow. Everything a BFF should be.