
Physician | Research Fellow Bariatric Surgery @HMCHospital | Research trainee Surgical Oncology @UCDavisMedCntr | Intern '22 @akuglobal |
Karachi
Joined March 2013
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Maria Syed, MD retweeted
گل پلازہ سانحے کو 72 گھنٹے سےزائدگزر گئے، ریسکیو آپریشن تاحال مکمل نہ ہو سکا۔ ایک فائر فائٹر سمیت 28 افراد کے جاں بحق ہونے کی تصدیق، 83 سے زائد افراد لاپتا۔ تحقیقات شروع، شہر میں فائر سیفٹی پر سنگین سوالات۔تفصیلات دیکھیے
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Dear IMG,
Only listen to people who encourage you, push you, and lift you up. Everything else is noise.
2004 IMG
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
The day of the $199 GLP-1 may be coming soon, as @novonordisk announces layoffs and the rumors of all American health insurers in Massachusetts will be dropping GLP-1 coverage in January 2025.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
The average Step 2 score in 1995 wouldn’t even pass today.
That’s how fast the goalposts have moved.
We keep selecting for test-taking machines instead of future physicians.
Soft skills matter. Empathy matters.
Medicine isn’t multiple choice.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Meet Yannis Raftopoulos, MD, Bariatric Surgeon in our Weight Management Program! For more information on our Weight Management Program, call 413-535-4757.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
While leading societies just released a GLP-1 nutrition consensus, we’ve been applying these principles for 20+ years—prioritizing protein, preserving muscle mass, and individualizing care.
Nutritional priorities to support GLP‐1 therapy for obesity...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Over 9 years, 2,431 patients at our weight loss program lost 51,000 lbs—without surgery or medications. Only 211 did not lose weight.
That’s 91% success through structured lifestyle changes alone!
#ObesityCare #LifestyleMedicine #Bariatrics
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
📍 MBSAQIP 2023–2024 SAR for Sleeve Gastrectomy at HMC:
✅ 0% leak rate
✅ 0% reoperations
✅ 0% readmissions
🏅 Rated Exemplary in LSG Morbidity and LSG All occurrences morbidity
#BariatricSurgery #HMC #WeightLoss
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
"Is Hypertension Despite Use of Two or More Anti-hypertensive Medications for Patients with a BMI < 40 kg/m2 Justified for Eligibility for Bariatric Surgery?"
Authors: Yannis Raftopoulos, Karen Robert & Elana Davidson
Download article: rdcu.be/cHAEP
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Meet Yannis Raftopoulos, MD, Bariatric Surgeon in our Weight Management Program! For more information on our Weight Management Program, call 413-535-4757.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Dreams do come true! Alhamdulillah!!
I am so incredibly honored and grateful to have matched Neurosurgery at Allegheny Health Network!
Thank you so much to my mentors, my family, and friends for guiding me and helping me on this journey!
#Match2025 #Neurosurgery
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Congratulations to all #Match2025 applicants, no matter the results! If you didn’t make it, know that it’s not you. It’s the system.
You are important.
You are unique.
You are valued.
You will make it!
IMG or not, our healthcare system (our patients !) needs and deserves you ! @ProjectImg @LatinoSurgery @AmCollSurgeons @AmerMedicalAssn @hayfarani @pferrada1 @Inside_TheMatch @EvanKirstel
youtu.be/x_pEkx9bUFo?si=lEVe…
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
IMG who matched categorical?
1. Write down here where you are from, what you matched in, and where you matched.
2. We need to celebrate you &, as importantly, amplify your program that removed discrimination against IMGs.
#MatchDay2025
#Insight to programs that "don't take IMGs"
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
A patient somewhere still remembers you because you were present and kind in a difficult, vulnerable moment when no one else was.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
The win makes me extremely happy for #ArshadNadeem and at the same time makes me extremely sad about the amount of talent and potential in our athletes which goes to waste due to neglect, corruption and politicking by the State. We are the 5th most populous country in the world filled with natural talent and abilities which never receive the attention and support they deserve. Hope if nothing else than at least Arshad's Olympic 🥇 makes us realise that. We need to aim for a contingent of 70 not 7 for the next Olympics.
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Maria Syed, MD retweeted
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92.97m is massive and unbelievable by javelin thrower ARSHAD NADEEM. He already made Pakistan proud! An emotional moment for the entire sports fraternity of Pakistan! #Olympics
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
I am deeply troubled by reports of interference in this week's election in Pakistan. The legitimacy of any incoming government rests on fair elections, free of manipulation, intimidation, or fraud. The Pakistani people deserve nothing less than a transparent democratic process and true representative government.
I call on the State Department to refrain from recognizing the results until credible, independent investigations have been conducted into the numerous allegations of misconduct.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
There will be times in your life when nothing makes sense and you can’t see the wood for the trees. That’s when you need to keep trusting the Almighty and keep going. It won’t be easy but you have no other option. His plans for you are greater than you could ever imagine.
Maria Syed, MD retweeted
Diversity? no, Perversity
Equity? no, Exploitation
Inclusion? no, delusion
ERAS is a monopoly that exploits the poorest people in the world
Students have NO choice but to go through ERAS
#Shame
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