Adriana Saavedra-Simmons

Officially, Dr. Saavedra-Simmons! Proudly part of the 2.4% Latina physicians in the U.S. 🎓 Para mis padres que llegaron sin nada y me lo dieron todo 💕Jeremiah 29:11 💕🥳 #LatinasinMedicine #firstgen #ΙΜProud

Happy holidays from our residency family to yours ✨

A hospitalized patient was diagnosed with several new conditions. He was being discharged with many meds, but was overwhelmed since he cannot read… Our wonderful resident spent time teaching him & color coded everything using pictures.. ☀️Take in AM 🌙Take in PM #Care #MedEd

These photos say it all. After being told she can’t all her life, Amy shouted “I can do anything” as she crossed the finish line of the Boston Half Marathon today! Our #SCD warriors CAN do anything. Thank you to our incredible athletic trainer, Jen Miramontes for being her guide.

@jmvyasmdphd @MGHMedicine @mghmedres Thank you, Jay, for your unparalleled leadership and warmth. You made us feel like we belonged & encouraged us to take the best care of our patients, ourselves and each other. We appreciate you!❤️

After 9 years, I have decided to step down as Program Director for the @MGHMedicine Residency. I am so grateful for the privilege to serve our residents and give back to a program that gave me so much. The faculty, admin team & residents are simply amazing. Team-we did good! ❤️

A wonderful night with some of our @MGHMedicine residents at @fenwaypark. It is so great to spend time with them outside of the hospital. So so proud of all of them! Thanks for @DarshaliVyas @SaraKCharMD

Most Latino and Black college students attend / start at community college in California Dr. Michael Galvez + myself are both medical subspecialists + community college grads from the Bay Area, CA Medical schools CAN consider community college as a strategy to diversify medicine Medical schools + universities have a SOCIAL + ETHICAL duty to invest and admit / train surrounding community college grads - a vital talent pool of underserved / low income students Our medical schools owe it to our communities #NationalLatinoPhysicianDay

Black male physicians in 1940: 2.7% Black male physicians in 2018: 2.6% So this MD is more than just letters😌. Shout out to the many amazing black male doctors/friends that are changing the face of medicine.

Going from struggling with exams, to having a patient be overjoyed that I’m her doctor because we speak the same language is wild. Don’t give up. Your people are waiting for you.

0.67 GPA in 10th grade Now a double Harvard fellowship trained Mexican American doctor I did for mi jente and my familia Your roots are too strong for you to fail #nationallatinaphysicianday

The closure of several Women, Infants, and Children’s (WIC) programs in NYC have been announced. CIR & other community orgs have mobilized and sent a letter to @nycHealthy Commissioner McDonald explaining the critical need of these programs & urging action to avert the closures.

Them: It all gets pretty straightforward once you've finished intern year My life since I've finished intern year:

Come learn from current residents about our program and why we love it so much at our open house, August 21 at 7 pm! Zoom link: partners.zoom.us/j/88210360305 Submit questions here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… We hope to see you there 😊 #Match2024 #InternalMedicine

Thank you Dr. @MomaVelez11, Dr. @ucdavislucha and Dr. Edward Garon for raising awareness of this critical issue in the Hispanic cancer population. We must do better. @LatinxOncology @AmericaDoctors @Florez_Lab science.org/content/articl…

.@JoseFlorezMDPhD, a longstanding member of the Mass General family, will become the new chair of @MGHMedicine, starting Sept. 1. Dr. Florez's impressive career and commitment to patient care, research and equity make him the ideal leader.

Oh you’re going to a teaching hospital in July? Well get ready… for the most compassionate care from extremely empathetic interns along with their vigilant supervising attendings. Hope you like open ended questions and doctors listening to you bc you’re gonna drown in it.

MGB VOTES YES! 1,215-412 After years of organizing and a week-long election, housestaff at Massachusetts General Brigham have voted for representation in the form of a union.

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)

Responsibility with no authority is the most demeaning thing…and it’s the story of healthcare. Clinicians have responsibility to answer their patients’ questions…but no authority to book patients for more than 10-minute visit lengths. That’s the time squeeze set by admin/corporations running the clinic… Patients have responsibility for their health…but no authority over the resources they need to better it — specialist visit? Need a referral. Medication? Need prior auth. Surgery? Out of network… Clinicians have responsibility for patient satisfaction, but no authority to fix staffing shortages, long wait times, dirty bathrooms…again, third parties hold the power (and the budget) to fix those issues… Healthcare works together as a team, but we’ve unfortunately allowed our authority to be stolen by third parties: insurance, corporations, private equity, etc…the misbalance between power and responsibility is where we are all left disenfranchised. No wonder burnout is so prevalent, for clinicians and patients both.

When I think about the hustle so many nontraditional and/or underserved students endure, it reminds me that we need to make education more affordable, make rent more affordable, and widen our safety nets. Getting in isn’t enough. We need to make sure all students are thriving.

@RussyanMabeza @UCSFGSResidency @UCSFSurgery @dgsomucla Congrats!! 🥳🎉

God is so good. My perfect Match and I are heading to our perfect Match @UCSFGSResidency! So stoked to be part of the @UCSFSurgery for the next 7 years! #Match2023 #GenSurgMatch2023 @dgsomUCLA