Daniel De Simon, MD MBA

Charlotte, here we come!! #physiatry @carolinasrehab1 #matched

Memoirs of an intern resident: today I accidentally set off the fire alarm 🙃 #day2

My local grocery store is doing a crawfish boil out front, and it’s reasons like this that I’ll miss Texas

As @ray_sparsh enlightened our match panel yesterday… “a surgeon might save someone’s life; a physiatrist saves their quality of life” 👏

Perhaps more important is the least important of the 4 = Ability “If you have the first 3, you can develop the 4th. If all you have is the 4th, you’re just a jerk!”

Great mentors make the difference. On this last day of med school, I was reminded an important lesson… the 4 A’s of professionalism: 1. Availability 2. Affability 3. Adaptability 4. Ability Thank you for everything Dr. Norbury! @TTUHSCPMR

@AaronYangMD Thank you for all your guidance and influence Dr. Yang!

@Daniel_De_Simon Congratulations!

Couldn’t be more excited to match at Carolinas Medical Center for residency and join the incredible PM&R team at Carolinas Rehab! 🎉

“What’s wrong with tramadol?” is something I get asked a lot Answer: Plenty Thread ->

Fisher's rules: they always come in handy. #ClinicalMedicine #Neurology #DontForget 🤓🧠🏥 Reference: Arch Neurol. 1982;39(7):389-390. doi:10.1001/archneur.1982.00510190007001

I’m back on wards and keep getting asked: “Why do we consult PM&R?” So, my #physiatry community, what’s your favorite “one-liner” to answer this question?

“This patient is on palliative care, so what’s PM&R doing here?” 🤔 There are SO many ways #physiatry can help patients in palliative care, especially when it comes to treating MSK and neuro symptoms! 👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31556786/

I asked ChatGPT to explain what the kidneys do in the style of Dr Seuss. This response is 🏆🥇

i asked my former professor why he wakes up at 4am every day to do 3 hours of focused work and he said: “the ego is quietest in the morning” and that has stuck with me ever since

My phone just decided to start blasting “Hustlin” by Rick Ross in the middle of my residency interview with the program director ☠️🤦‍♂️ It may be time for my wife and I to get our own Spotify accounts…

@JamesEGardnerMD @vumcpmr Huge congrats James! Any program would be lucky to have you as an asset!

Rank list is CERTIFIED! The Sports Medicine match can’t come soon enough. Huge thanks to everyone cheering me on and supporting me through this process, especially my home dept ⁦@vumcpmr⁩ #sportsmedicine #fellowship

@dromarselod Every ounce of my childhood wanted a Messi v Ronaldo final 😩

Who is going to win it all? #FIFAWorldCup

@francesco_maoli @CraigDiTommaso @dromarselod It’s tough right now, but we did win the last Euros!

@CraigDiTommaso @dromarselod As an Italian this past decade has been brutal

The CT scanner in a room with MRI Scanners twitter.com/HeckinGoodDogs…