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Breast Radiologist Passionate about #womeninmedicine #radxx and #breast #health. Tweets are my own

Raleigh, NC
Joined August 2011
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Meet @DukeRadiology Women In Radiology (WIR) 2023 Leadership Council! @KarenJohnson_KJ, @KMagudia, @AlixandraMD & Dr. Vivian Minkemeyer. Thank you, outgoing council; @LisaHoMD, Sujata Ghate, MD, & Tammy Kreuzer, MD. Outstanding work! #WomenInRadiology ow.ly/W20m50PaqCT
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I’ve witnessed your unremitting commitment to the patients and the community over the last decade. You’ve worked tirelessly to find ways to improve the lives of the people you care for. I’m very proud this work is being recognized with this prestigious honor. So well deserved!
Incredibly honored to be selected for this year’s @DukeU Presidential Award! What we’ve been able to accomplish over the last few years during unprecedented times in the @dukeemergency department is the result of tireless work from our Duke student leaders and volunteers!
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Awesome to get back to @lymanbriggs @michiganstateu to talk graduating seniors about diversity, equity and inclusion in graduate school and the workforce! Thanks for the invite Dr. Montgomery! #GoGreen
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Covid coming into PY-3 looking like real chief material
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So many! Difficult to make out my resting facial expressions; dropped my lipstick budget way down; limit the hospital smells! Not sure I’ll ever go back to maskless at work.
As we in the medical field try to focus on the positive, what’s the best non-Covid reason for wearing a mask? 😷 #medtwitter
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You can change your mind! #VaccinesWork – at Raleigh, NC
It’s not real It’s going to disappear It’s no worse than the flu But my freedoms Docs are getting kickbacks I did my own research It was rushed Who stands to gain God is my vaccine It’s not FDA approved What’s the next excuse? It’s ok to change your mind. Vaccines save lives.
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How this acceptable? #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #VaccineMandates – at Wake Forest, NC
I have a family member who delivered their child this week in a hospital where both the lactation consultant and newborn photographer were not vaccinated. 😷
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Is it frowned upon to refer to the “waiting room” as the “reflection room” after seeing unvaccinated patients in triage presenting for covid testing? Asking for a friend (EM providers everywhere)
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Junior faculty unable to say “no” in Academia
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We are Radiologists, researchers, learners, teachers & more. We @DukeRadiology look inward critically & insist on forward movement. We now have a Leadership Council for Duke Women in Radiology. Drs. @SoraCYoonMD Sujata Ghate, M.D., Tammy Kreuzer, M.D., and @LisaHoMD 1 of 2...
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A new study reveals how healthcare workers around the world have dealt with depression, anxiety or PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic via @CNN cnn.it/2NcKcN7
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After working with @ChicagoStMed and @StreetMedDet, I truly appreciate the need for more EM physicians to bring acute care and #socialem best practices to our most vulnerable patients in the communities we serve. 🙏🏾@canuck4199 💪🏾 work from @JacobsenBailee @kianprestonsuni
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The Time is Now: Taking a Trauma-Informed Approach to Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in BIPOC Communities @KMurry_ thank you for tackling such an important and timely topic in the midst of a surgery rotation! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hi friends, I did a thing. 🙇🏿‍♀️ I wrote a piece on vaccine hesitancy in communities of color and seeing it online is just—😭. Thank you Dr. @JohnPurakal for your tremendous help and guidance as I continue to find my voice as a future clinician. socialempact.com/viewpoints/…
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#NationalWomenPhysiciansDay Humbled to work w/these amazing docs @dukeemergency: @CatherineStato1 @LSiewny @Pizzamunchkin @thoureen_emsim @saeucker @AnjniJoiner @erinleiman @lindseywhite @rbectheo @sreeja_natesan Owe everything to these 4! (Mom/sis/@jpsteigerMD/@AlixandraMD)
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Have we tried “thoughts and prayers” for the hedge funds?
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Oh, to have tea with Margaret Atwood, a dream come true— I’d still considering moving to #Canada to have that opportunity! 🫖 (not to worry, we still have our family meet up place in Ontario should we ever get so close handmaid’s again... @KatieAntoski)
Congratulations, American friends! I had the teapot ready for you, but I guess you won’t be fleeing now! Here’s to transparency and Truth.
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Our #VP looks like me! #future #president #ambituous #girl – at Raleigh, NC
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Can’t come soon enough! – at Raleigh, NC
The day after the day after tomorrow!☀️
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