In honor of #SickleCellAwareness Month, I want to highlight this paper in JAMA Peds: the faster children w/acute SCD pain receive opioids in the ED, the more likely they are to be discharged home. Dose 1 in <1 hr + dose 2 <30 min later = ~40% lower odds of admission! jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Despite obstacles, continuing important #globalhhealth research in #SickleCellDisease increases our knowledge for Americans and the global community. Working for the greater good is basically the whole point 🩸🌍💊 ashpublications.org/bloodadvance...

75 years after the discovery of HbSC type #SickleCellDisease, the field finally has a mouse model to advance care for millions of people with this disease around the world Very proud to be a part of the @cincychildrenscbdi.bsky.social #sicklecell center pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40324066/

Does anyone out there have any recommendations on a good course for the mandatory 8 hour DEA training for license renewal? Ideally a course that will help me to take better care of people in pain #meded #chronicpain #sicklecell

One step forward, no steps backwards Now more than ever, we need good institutional and interpersonal leadership to avoid back sliding for #sicklecellwarriors and equitable care for all patients This is a pep talk to myself as much as to the rest of us #notgoingback www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Heading to Washington DC today for our 1st in-person committee meeting at the National Academies of Science to evaluate #SickleCellDisease & Social Security Disability Ready to advocate for fairness and transparency #MLKDay2025 www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/sic...

I’ve cared for infants who stopped breathing w/ pertussis. School aged kids who died of flu or COVID. And many of my patients can’t be vaccinated because they’re on chemotherapy or are immune compromised. Vaccinations save lives of those who get them & those who cannot. It’s that simple.

Bleeding and Clotting Platelets and Proteins Swirling Hemostasis Dance #ASH24 #ASHaiku #HemeSky

CMS is considering the adoption of ASH’s quality measure assessing timely pain treatment in the ED for patients w/ #SickleCell. Comment to support inclusion in the Hospital Outpatient & Rural Emergency Hospital Quality Reporting Programs. 🔗 p4qm.org/media/3166 #Hematology #ConquerSCD #HemeSky

3rd principle #Kwanzaa: Ujima, we take care of our own Grateful that our amazing community of leaders has decided to raise money and collect coats for our #sicklecellwarriors this year! 🙏🏽

Thank you @DorisDukeFdn for this beautifully written article and for supporting the care of children with #sicklecell globally I'm honored to be a part of the team. Let's do this! ddcf.org/news--insigh... #sicklecellmatters #conquerSCD #hydroxyurea #ADAPT🩸 #globalhealth

"The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth" We had a great talk at our weekly #sicklecell meeting by one of our #socialworkers on trauma-informed care. I love this powerful African proverb she shared. Support and stability are crucial

My mom- a lovely Black woman in her goldengirl years- is volunteering today as a poll worker in Florida I'm so proud of her, but sadly I'm also pretty nervous for her safety. This is America. Send good vibes, and thank a poll worker if you're voting in-person today!

My first #NIHLRP payment just came through! Pediatric hematology isn't a field you go into for the money. We get toddler drawings, teen fist bumps, and parent hugs 🥰 So I'm grateful for this loan repayment support while I research ways to help more #sicklecellwarriors

#Sicklecellwarriors, how have your experiences w/ physical therapy been? PTs, have you felt you didnt have the tools to help #sicklecell pain? Unsurprisingly, the data on PT interventions for SCD are sparse. @BenReaderPT is going to change that! journals.lww.com/jacpt/abstra...

Networking. Am I doing this right?

In school, I won the #MLKJr award for #communityservice for doing the same volunteering as everyone else. I was so proud. Yes, I was one of the few Black students at my school So many of us have been the tokens for superficial #diversity efforts. Real #DEI requires deeper work

Ready for the REACH investigators meeting in my favorite accessory! #sicklecell scarf Honored to be included in hearing how these brilliant researchers from Uganda, Kenya, Angola, DR Congo, and the USA will continue doing research to improve sickle cell care in Africa

The "track marks" you reported on my patient's arm are from all the times her mother begged you to call the IV team but was ignored. #WorldPoetryDay #MedEd #Medtwitter #NurseTwitter

Ignoring the #hematology & #healthequity nerd in my head shouting that we all bleed red 🩸 for the chance to save lives by donating blood to help pts w/ #sicklecell, #cancer, and injuries and to support #FCCincinnati 🧡💙 #SickleCellAwarenessMonth #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth

Started the day with the cutest Christmas card and ended with a happy neutrophil Pediatric hematology is the best

"Very encouraged to see someone of color here" A pt's mom passed me this note. I thought it would be something she wanted to discuss privately Sometimes I forget that just being in the room is progress and is something to celebrate publicly🖤🤎 #BlackWomenPhysiciansDay

Global health work, behind the scenes! Namibia and Uganda, here I come

Did you know the #BlackPanther party advocated for #SickleCellWarriors and organized some of the 1st screening programs and health fairs? Sickle cell history is Black American history #BlackHistoryMonth #sicklecellmatters

I recently helped my 1st patient from fellowship transition from pediatric to adult care. My voice shook as I told him that he'll be in good hands. Fortunately we have a good relationship with our nearby adult medicine colleagues Adult world, take care of our young adults!

Blood is a life-saving and scarce resource. We must prevent preventable transfusions to ensure safe blood is available in critical moments In Africa, one of the best ways to do this may be to treat #sicklecellwarriors, saving lives and saving blood pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38332651/

Did your hospitals #AntiRacism pledge include efforts to help #SickleCellWarriors? If not, you've got more work to do! 💪🏿💪🏾💪🏼 @PTMcGann & I outlined some steps to get you started nejm.org/doi/full/10.... #PHOdocs #SickleCellAwarenessMonth #EverydayisJuneteenth #EverydayisMLK

Many teen runners are sent to me in pediatric hematology bc their coaches want ferritins > 50 I tried to find the medical literature that supports this to no avail In fact, I found 72% of female Olympians have ferritin< 50

Listening to #CowboyCarter with my mom on a long bus ride with one headphone in my ear and one in hers = new core memory. My Black mom recalls the time a White man told her she wasn't supposed to like country music.

A different type of hand-on-the-door doctor story: Recently a #sicklecellwarrior was admitted for pain. She was new to me & when I checked on her in the afternoon we talked about school, friends, tik tok. Not medicine. A few moments of calm during a busy week as a new attending