Family Medicine Physician, Program Director at @RushEsperanzaFM residency. #FMRevolution #teachinghealthcenters All opinions expressed are my own. she/her/hers
Chicago, IL
Joined January 2015
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Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Online Conference registration has been extended to Sept. 2 - so join us at this Free Webinar on 9/2 and then Meet us at the Crossroads of America @IUMedSchool Sept. 11-12. @futurefamilymed @beclaramd fmmidwest.org/events/view/cr…
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“If things don’t go well, I want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, have good times, and I’ll see you when you get there. Bye babe,” Brian Sweeney’s message from a hijacked plane 3 minutes before hitting a tower on 9/11
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
This is just not true, at all. A Democratic lawmaker and her husband were murdered in their home in June!
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The protests represented the largest public rebuke yet of President Donald Trump and henchman Elon Musk.
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NBC News: A federal judge just issued a final judgement and permanent injunction against the Trump admin — ruling that the National Institutes of Health must continue funding research grants at their original, full amounts. @MSNBC
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
It’s the oligarchy vs the rest of us. ✊🏻
#HandsOff
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A federal judge has issued a permanent injunction blocking the plan to cap NIH indirect costs at 15%. The judge highlighted that the policy would have caused “imminent risk of halting life-saving clinical trials” and “disrupting “innovative medical research and treatments”.
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Reminder: Dr. Oz had to pay $5.25 million to settle a class action suit for promoting phony weight loss cures.
He is a conman. No wonder Trump likes him.
Now he's in charge of running Medicare and Medicaid.
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Thousands of protesters have flooded the streets of Boston demonstrating in the anti-Trump "Hands Off!" rally. It's one of 1,200 other protests unfolding in all 50 states across the country.
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
NOW: Reports that up to 10,000 protesters are marching down Fifth Avenue in New York City as the #HandsOff2025 march l continues in Manhattan.
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Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
HAPPENING NOW: A MASSIVE protest is taking place in downtown Chicago for the "Hands Off!" movement against Elon Musk and Donald Trump
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
If a pregnant patient presents to the ER with trauma and the story just doesn’t seem to make sense, you must find a way to interview her without her partner present. Pregnant women in the U.S. are more likely to be murdered than to die from an obstetric cause. Read that again.
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Really great study published by @joefigs2 @IPapanicolas and colleagues. Key finding:
"avoidable mortality increased in all US states, primarily due to increases in preventable deaths, while it decreased in comparable high-income countries. Health spending was significantly negatively associated with avoidable mortality for other high-income countries but not across US states."
I would argue that the US, as compared to other countries, spends its health care dollars inefficiently and should be investing more, significantly more, in primary care.
Avoidable mortality has worsened for all US states while other high-income countries show improvement.
And while other countries seem to gain health with more spending, US states do not.
Our new @JAMAInternalMed study led by @IPapanicolas out today
1/3
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Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Rush medical students learn residency placements during Match Day celebration, Thanks @drcelj and congrats to Rush class of 2025 @EvelynFigs @aafp @futurefamilymed wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/…
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Introducing the newest members of the RUSH-Esperanza Family Medicine familia! Bienvenidos a todos! #Match2025 #FMRevolution #teachinghealthcenters @IllinoisAFP
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Our Letter: The fallout for West Sub’s family medicine residents and for primary care access in our state #twill oakpark.com/2025/03/18/the-f…
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🏥 AHRQ is dedicated to examining the quality, safety and affordability of health care delivery from the perspectives of patients, caregivers, and clinicians. The agency is instrumental in addressing the real-world barriers Americans face in improving their health.
The @aafp joined hundreds of other health care organizations to urge Congress to ensure any reforms are transparent and strategic. ow.ly/aPUe50VjnQe
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
It's #MatchWeek! The @aafp continues to advocate for policies that grow the family medicine workforce. Last week, we endorsed the REDI Act. Thank you @SenJackyRosen @JohnBoozman @RepHoulahan @RepBrianBabin for your leadership in helping to address the primary care physician workforce shortage. bit.ly/43KxfyJ
Rebecca Lara, MD 🌻 retweeted
Ok Illinois members, get ready to welcome our Midwest friends to #Naperville. Submit abstracts save the date! – at Chicago, IL
Our new website is up! The Call for Abstracts is open, too. Learn how to submit sessions and posters at fmmidwest.org @MNFamilyDocs @MIFamilyDocs @MedicalCollege @broadwaydo @jprunuske @SNMA @IllinoisAFP @IAAFP @UMNFamilyMed @MOAFP