Everything in life prepares you for the next step in your career. Even if it wasn't planned that way! kevinmd.com/2025/12/how-...

The Georgia Medical Composite Board must be strengthened. Monies submitted for licensing does not go to the GCMB, but to the general fund. The GCMB must have the funds needed to protect Georgians! www.ajc.com/news/2026/06...

Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu, one of the most influential nuclear physicists of the 20th century, was born #OTD 1912. Her Wu experiment (proving parity isn't conserved) won her 2 male colleagues the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Her role wasn't honored until she won the Wolf Prize in 1978. #WomenInSTEM 1/2👇

Dr. Patricia Bath overcame sexism, racism & poverty and saved the sight of millions of people. She invented the Laserphaco Probe for cataract treatment, 1986; it was patented in 1988. She co-founded the American Institute for the Prevention of Blindness, 1976. She died #OTD in 2019. #WomenInSTEM

A debt of gratitude that we all owe. www.aamc.org/news/lady-al... @amwadoctors.bsky.social

Good Morning! It is Thursday, May 28. On this day in 1831, Eliza Ann Gardner was born. She was a Black abolitionist, religious leader and women's movement leader from Boston, Massachusetts. She was instrumental in persuading the church to allow women to be ordained as ministers. #Herstory

On this day in 1897, a Czech Jewish woman was born. On the 7 May 1942 she was deported to Theresienstadt with her husband and daughter (16) and on the 9 May 1942 to Sobibór where she and her daughter perished. Her name was Milada Ditmarová Please support @sobibor.org

In 2018, optical physicist Dr. Donna Strickland became the 3rd woman to win a Nobel Prize in Physics and the first in 55 years. She (+2 colleagues), won for advancing the science of lasers & creating extremely useful tools out of laser beams. She was born #OTD in 1959. #WomenInSTEM

On this day May 27, 1892 White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

Marine biologist & author Rachel Carson was born #OTD in 1907. Her groundbreaking book "Silent Spring" (1962) launched the modern environmental movement, forever changed how we think about pesticides & human impact on nature & led to the nationwide ban on DDT & creation of the US EPA. #WomenInSTEM

Engineer, physicist & NASA astronaut Sally Ride was born #OTD in 1951. *First American woman in space, 1983 *Wrote/co-wrote 7 books to help encourage children to study #science *Co-founded Sally Ride Science to inspire young people in STEM & promote STEM literacy #WomenInSTEM

Regina M. Anderson (May 21, 1901 – February 5, 1993)[1] was an American playwright and librarian. Influenced by Ida B. Wells and the lack of Black history teachings in school, Anderson became a key member of the Harlem Renaissance. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_...

A year before he passed away, I interviewed Dr Paul Farmer @pih.org about his book on Ebola So relevant right now, especially the dangers of “control-over-care approach” - i.e. isolation & quarantine, but fails to ensure adequate clinical care to the sick www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...

Gwen Alston (née Hannah Gwendolen Shone) #aerodynamicist & #educationalist worked on spinning tunnels & aircraft flight-testing in #WWII & later in flight education & as HM Inspector. Her test pilot called her "a truly remarkable lady boffin". b. 22 May 1907 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Al...

Potential to eliminate the need for Covid mRNA booster shots by using an immune system enhancer "mannadjuvant" www.nature.com/articles/s41... ASC=antibody secreting cells, D=days,

USCIS Decision to Resume Physician Visa Processing while laudable, the stoppage should never have occurred. in Jan 2026, DHS placed a visa processing freeze on citizens of 39 countries placing visa holding physicians on administrative leave. They are now free to continue working.

5/21/1836 — b. Anna Brackett, American educator, author, translator, #feminist. Works on pedagogy; wrote + lectured on wmn’s right to equal #edu + employment. Published “The Education of American Girls” (1874); NY editor, ‘New England Journal of Education’ #womenshistory #womensrights #EduSky #labor

Women's rights activist, mine owner, and the 7th woman licensed to practice law in Nevada (which she did in Manhattan, NV, 1906+), Bird Wilson was born May 20, 1865 in Sandoval, IL. t.co/7hX4wYAjXp Note: Wilson passed away in Oakland, CA in 1946.

Dorothy McFadden Hoover (1918–2000): aeronautical research scientist & mathematician whose work was critical to the development of modern jet flight & foundational to the F-86 Sabre, America’s first successful swept-wing fighter jet. (1/2) It's National Women in Aerospace Day! #WomenInSTEM #avgeek

Katalin Karikó is one of the most extraordinary scientific stories of this era. A girl from a modest Hungarian household helped develop technology that saved millions of lives worldwide. In 2023, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries that enabled effective mRNA vaccines.

#ResistanceRoots Yuri Kochiyama was born on this day in 1921 in San Pedro, Calif. She became a radical, intersectional political activist following her family’s internment during WWII. She dedicated more than 50 years of her life to social justice, black liberation and interethnic solidarity. /1

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (1862 – 1931), more commonly known as Ida B. Wells, was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. #CelebratingWomen

A 100 word AI scribe uses about a bottle of water? Wow. A new discussion re: use of AI in Medicine and it was not what I thought it would be about. www.physicianleaders.org/articles/i-f... @amwadoctors.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social @societygim.bsky.social

Commentary: Justice Dept. attack on UCLA and other med schools shows it has no idea what makes a good doctor - Los Angeles Times

5/14/1890 — b. Margaret Naumburg, American psychologist, educator, artist, author. Seminal contributor to the development of art therapy; defined dynamically oriented #ArtTherapy. Credited as the first psychologist to utilize art therapy;wrote many texts #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #PsychSky #EduSky

Leading cause of death among children and adolescents in the United States? Firearms (gun violence) Truly incredible, beyond tragic and totally avoidable! www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Alice Everett astronomer engineer, degree @girtoncollege.bsky.social worked in optics & early television. 1890 1st woman paid for astronomical work at Royal Observatory. 1903 1st woman to have paper published by Physical Society of London. b. #OTD 15 May 1865 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_E...

For all the pandemic deniers out there: "COVID-19 pandemic inflicted a setback of historic proportions. An estimated 22.1 million excess deaths occurred between 2020 and 2023, with nearly a decade of gains in life expectancy & healthy life expectancy wiped out by 2021" iris.who.int/server/api/c...

Fellow doctor Dr. Louisa Garrett Anderson another person central to this story. There is so much to tell, a thread cannot do it justice. If interested, there's a 14-minute mini-documentary "Deeds not Words: The Suffragette Surgeons of WWI" on YouTube. 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8qG...

Dr. Flora Murray knew she would be told to "go home & knit” by the UK War Office if she offered to treat wounded soldiers in #WWI. So, she & other female medics went to the French & set up a hospital in a Parisian hotel. When they offered to go back to England in 1915... (1/2)👇#WomenInSTEM #histsky

Babies are bleeding to death as parents reject a vitamin shot given at birth - ProPublica

Evidence review finds HPV vaccines to be safe, extremely effective HPV vaccines reduce the risk of cervical cancer by 80% in women vaccinated by age 16, and aren’t associated with serious side effects, a new report finds. Read more: ow.ly/nRBl50YV6P0

#OTD in 1809, Mary Dixon Kies was granted a US patent in her own name (for a method of weaving straw w/silk or thread to create hats). She may have been the first. Female inventors had to file patents under their husbands' names as women had limited legal rights to own property. #histsky #inventors

Thanks to AMWA member Dr. Gatcombe for her article ‘Medical nutrition’ helps keep my son, and many others, healthy. But insurance won’t cover it www.statnews.com/2026/04/06/m... via @statnews.com @amwadoctors.bsky.social @500womensci.bsky.social @acpimphysicians.bsky.social

Economist & sociologist Beatrice Webb died #OTD in 1943. + One of the founders, London School of Economics + Co-authored 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰-𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 & 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 where she coined the term "collective bargaining" + First female fellow, British Academy, 1931 #WomenInSTEM

American composer Ellen Zwilich is the first female composer to win the #Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1983. She won for her Symphony No. 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra). It was premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in 1982. She was born #OTD in 1939. #music #musicsky

4/30/1927 — The Federal Industrial Institution for Women, the first federal women’s prison in the UnitedStates, opens in Alderson, WestVirginia. The majority of inmates were imprisoned for #Prohibition era alcohol + drug charges #womenshistory #womensrights #CriminalJustice #gov #law #LawSky #PolSky

Congratulations to the inaugural class of UGA SOM! www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-...

Dr. Susan McKinney Steward (March 1847-March 17, 1918) was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in New York state in 1870. She specialized in pre-natal care and childhood diseases, practicing medicine for 48 years. She also was women’s suffrage advocate. #BlackWomensHistoryMonth #SheShed

Even more new evidence that GLP1s and SGLT 2 meds are helpful! www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Harper Lee--#Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 𝘛𝘰 𝘒𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘔𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥--was born #OTD in 1926. + Presidential Medal of Freedom, 2007 + Nat'l Medal of Arts, 2010 + 1962 film adaptation won 3 Oscars Lee used her first name, Nelle--her grandmother's name spelled backwards. #litsky #booksky #filmsky

Thank you for continuing to highlight the impact of the atrocities in Gaza, @kaminskimed.bsky.social. There is not enough attention on the devastating consequences, especially for children inhaling so much toxicity as a result of the bombing campaign.

The CDC is on the Brink, the editorial in this week's @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Opinion | Oncologists vs. the FDA and RFK Jr. - The Wall Street Journal

Amazing film and discussion re: gender bias and harassment in surgery and medicine. amwa-doc.org/event/1001-c... @amwadoctors.bsky.social @womeninmedicine.bsky.social @womensurgeons.bsky.social

At the end of 2024, the National Academies put out a report concluding the NIH has woefully underfunded women’s health research, and they suggested $15 B should be invested over the next 5 years. Here’s what’s happened instead. Hard to study women’s health if you can’t say “women.” wapo.st/4euUt1c