Raphaela Lipinsky DeGette, MD

Election day should be a national holiday called Nat'l Suffrage Day to honor all the people disenfranchised throughout history

See you all over on Bluesky @raphae1a.bsky.social

While updating the @SF_DPH HTN treatment guidelines with @elainekhoong and Anusha McNamara, we had trouble making evidence-based recs with available meds... and an opinion piece was born! academic.oup.com/ajh/advance-ar… Thank you @amjhypertension for spreading our message!

@ENirenberg Agree with most, but the RCTs included very few actually deficient people. So, we still don’t know whether repleting LOW Vit D improves outcomes. Someone do that study!

A reminder for no particular reason that the reference ranges for normal vitamin D levels used by most labs are probably too high, low levels are an epiphenomenon of poor health overall, supplementation past physiologic has no identified benefits, and RCTs of vitamin D for…

@NSpottiswoodeMD @UCSFIMChiefs @UCSFDOM @UCSF_ID So cool Tash!

@UCSFIMChiefs @UCSFDOM @UCSF_ID

#1/ A very special tweetorial today, w/ original research, on Balamuthia granulomatous amoebic encephalitis. Aka brain-eating amoeba. Presented @ UCSF Grand Rounds; avail here soon youtube.com/playlist?list=…

METOPROLOL IS NOT A BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION

Early reports from Texas are terrifying. Women who want to be able to have another baby are being forced to risk permanent infertility by carrying a fetus with fatal anomalies to term. Women who need reduction to save one child are forced to lose both… 9/ nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

5 years later and still making doctors look bad

👏stop👏checking 👏vitamin D👏 nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.105…

Six new trash can designs hit the streets of SF today - including three made from scratch by Public Works. One of these contenders is likely to replace over 3,000 of the city's much maligned Renaissance cans next year... So which will it be? missionlocal.org/2022/07/san-fr…

Spotted: a Geriatrician’s least favourite shop

With deep gratitude, we thank our AY'21-22 @UCSFIMChiefs Chief Residents for their extraordinary contributions to @UCSFHospitals over the past year. And with great excitement, we introduce the new class of AY'22-23 Chief Residents! 🩺👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🥼

Never fails to improve my day

It is a pleasure to share Dr. Crawford's (SFPC Class of 2022) incredible accomplishment in teaching and recognition by the Medical School! The graduating medical student class selects residents, fellows, and faculty who have been outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models.

How did people nurse infants 8x/day before the invention of the wordle

@MaddieMierMD As a new mom, my favorite unexpected items have been silverette nipple cups, the shusher, and tubby Todd all over ointment for dry baby acne/seb Derm!

#Tweetiatricians - what are your favorite baby gifts to give? Mine are lots of books & things you don’t know you’re gonna need.. including a nose frida & a whole variety of creams (aquaphor, butt paste, lanolin) Maybe not the cutest, but hopefully helpful?

Congratulations to our Residency Class of 2025 who matched with us today! We can't wait to welcome you to @UCSF. We celebrate with you and all your loved ones on this important career milestone! #PrimaryCare #MatchDay2022 #Matchday #UCSFMatch2022 #SFPCMatchDay #UCSFProud

3 years of residency and 8 months of chief residency and only today I learned that you can text my pager from a cell phone

“HRB: the patient drinks multiple heart cell toes daily” #DictationFail @raphae1a

Me: should I accept this interview for a job at the TB clinic? My dad: TB or not TB, that is the question.

Hey Med Twitter! I'm taking over UCSF's Internal Medicine Instagram today! Follow ucsfimresidency on Insta to see a day in my life as an intern! 🤓🤓👩🏿‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️ @UCSFIMChiefs #dayinthelife #intern #internalmedicine