Alva Powell, MD
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Alva Powell, MD
@DrPowellLoading
Georgia 🍑 | Anesthesiology Resident | *tweets are my own*
New York, NY Beigetreten Nisan 2019
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listen, we were really there
ひncle EdGod@Young_EDgod
Getting that free Happy Hour email then sending the mass text to the gang lol
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Kicking off Black Maternal Health Week! All your questions about #labor pain management answered in this Conversation That Matters with an #OBAnes anesthesiologist, OB/Gyn, mama and a doula - now 📽️on YouTube 👉youtube.com/watch?v=XdPWJq… @DrMichelleOwens @SOAPHQ #BMHW24 #BLM
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Extremely saddened and triggered to see yet another trainee’s life lost to suicide. Contrary to what major academic journals may imply, residents aren’t “complaining” for no reason. Physician suicide is a public health crisis. My heart goes out to the community at my alma mater.
Bridget Marcinkowski@bridget__marc
TW: suicide There is an empty corner desk in a resident workroom at GW. Now forever engraved in my mind, that desk is a harrowing reminder of the cost of medical training. In his final words, Dr. William West said that he was simply out of gas, that he had nothing left to give.
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Was a pleasure working on this! Thanks for amplifying!
ASA Monitor@ASAMonitor
Health care disparities and disparities in society are still pervasive. Drs. @RobertWhiteMD, @DrPowellLoading , Adesuwa Carlton, and Adesuwa Carlton write about what is needed to achieve lasting, widespread change. ow.ly/lKjs50Qe9n2
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Thank you AMA! 🙏🏿 For Nakita! 🤍❤️ we love you and miss you!
Andis Robeznieks@AndisRobeznieks
Memorial resolution introduced at #AMAmtg for Nakita Mortimer, MD
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I started this journey wanting to wear a cape for my community and all POCs but I’ve struggled so much.. training to be a physician. I just hope there’s a pot (literally and figuratively) at the end of this rainbow because I am so tired. 🫠 #Residency #Fellowship #mentalHealth
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Thanks for such amazing tribute to Nakita. She will be truly missed. So sad we can’t see her all-to-familiar smile and quirky mannerisms. I will miss her checking up on me and telling me to take time for myself outside of work. This is painful Sis!
Rehema J. Thomas, MD@RadiantRehemaMD
This is my dear friend, Nakita. Nakita and I were medical school classmates and both interns in New York City. Nakita tragically took her own life on May 26. She is such a beautiful soul. She was so fun to be around. She was intelligent, charismatic, and confident. (1/x)
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Nakita was a fellow @GWSMHS alum and current @MontefioreNYC intern.
She was actively apart of changing medical culture at her institution. It’s unbelievably sad that’s she’s gone while toxic medical culture persists.
Rehema J. Thomas, MD@RadiantRehemaMD
This is my dear friend, Nakita. Nakita and I were medical school classmates and both interns in New York City. Nakita tragically took her own life on May 26. She is such a beautiful soul. She was so fun to be around. She was intelligent, charismatic, and confident. (1/x)
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One of our #GWSMHS grads. I am incredibly heartbroken💔.
Inside The Match@Inside_TheMatch
TW: Suicide. A #NYC resident died by suicide this past week. Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Nakita Mortimer, who was an Anesthesia Resident. We must do a better job caring for medical trainees and discussing their mental health. cc: @drjessigold
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TW: Suicide
The prioritization of physician wellness is not a passing fad, but a demand. We cannot continue to work within systems that produce the highest rates of suicide. My heart breaks for the family and friends of Dr. Mortimer.
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Nakita was a classmate of mine, and an inspiration to all those who knew and worked with her.
She deserved better, and was working to improve the lives of all residents and trainees.
RIP Dr. Nakita Mortimer.
Melina Manolas, MD, MPH@melina_manolas
I am at a loss for words. How many more residents, physicians, humans need to take their own lives before people start to listen? Dr. Nakita Mortimer, you deserved more.
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Say her name. Share her story. Advocate for interns, residents, and fellows in the medical training system.
Nakita’s life matters. Intern lives matter. Doctors' lives matter. Black women's lives matter. #sayhername #residentwellness #MentalHealthAwareness (5/x)
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She was a leader in the fight at her residency program for fairer pay and better working conditions for NYC residents, making this loss even harder to accept. 💔
Nakita, we love you. We will fight for you. We will remember you now and forever. (4/x)
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ask those "hard" questions. That made it easy to open up to her, and I always admired her thoughts.
Nakita also was an advocate. She was an active member in SNMA during medical school and our GW White Coats for Black Lives. We protested together in 2020 in DC 📢🪧. (3/x)
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She loved a good Afrobeats and Caribbean music party, and was even more excited when Haitian music got its time to shine 🇭🇹💃🏿. We danced, laughed, and learned together.
Nakita was also so earnest. She had the keen ability to really challenge you in deep conversation and (2/x)
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This is my dear friend, Nakita.
Nakita and I were medical school classmates and both interns in New York City. Nakita tragically took her own life on May 26.
She is such a beautiful soul. She was so fun to be around. She was intelligent, charismatic, and confident. (1/x)
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