Anisha Sharma

"yeah, I love schedules"

I haven't talked about this much here, but on this #LaborDay2024 I want to tell you why I am a unionized physician and what we're experiencing negotiating our first contract (spoiler: there's a reason we unionized...) /1

Happy 105th Birthday, Sister Jean 💛

"Imma just wake up early and do it then"

Med students and interns - Calling for a consult can be nerve wracking. A long time ago, my chief taught me how to call a consultant and it hasn't steered me wrong yet so here is a 🧵

Hear me out: IV pumps that alert the nurse and not the patient.

Since y’all wanna be dense, here is a thread proving that Christopher Maurice Brown is a disgusting person.

A ( long but I think worth reading) thread on Gynecologic Surgical reimbursement and how it affects all of us:

Serious mental illness isn’t an aesthetic to adopt or something to capitalize off of and make fun of.

PRO TIP: if you’re a doctor stuck inside for the eclipse you can still experience 4 minutes of total darkness by scheduling a peer review call with a colleague outside your specialty who denies one of your patients the treatment they need

Some takeaways after my conversation with a hospice nurse of 12 years based on her experience: 1) Many people will not pass away unless they feel ready and this can sometimes mean getting their hair washed, being shaved, or having a bowel movement.

TIPS FOR NEW INTERNS CALLING CONSULTS: -Never ever apologize. Especially at night there’s a tendency to lead with “Sorry to bother you.” You can be polite without setting the tone of the conversation immediately on the defensive. “Thank you for taking my call.” 1/x

Kevin Lee, an MS4 @OhioStateMed + newly matched into Neurology was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer in March of 2024. Since his diagnosis, he’s had a brain biopsy, multiple LPs, and just finished his first round of chemotherapy.

Okay, medical Twitter, I need you to do your thing please!!! My boyfriend created this for me. I’m finally in recovery, but it has been a journey the last 3 months between this tumor and matching and now moving! Anything can help 🤍🙏🏼 gofund.me/3f503eaa

I had a checkup today. I talked to my dr about weight loss options & she stopped me. She said she doesn’t practice weight loss but instead focuses on building healthy sustainable habits. She said that my weight will not be a factor in how she administers care to me. Y’all./

For the newly matched (especially in surgery), here are some things no one teaches you about functioning in the hospital: 1. The EMR is not the place to battle things out with another service or take out any other frustrations- pick up the phone and call (cont)

If you are able, please donate to support my @UMichMedSchool fellow medstud and current PGY-3 surgery resident at North Dakota (by way of @UMichSurgery) Tony Duncan, as he undergoes chemotherapy for recurrent metastatic cancer. gofund.me/2d02c970