Rachel Conrad, M.D.

I’m proud to be part of Eisenhower Fellowships’ inaugural 2022 USA Justice Program. On fellowship in Australia & Malaysia, I am meeting leaders in my field to explore ways of improving equal access to youth mental health treatment #efjourney

This #BreastCancerAwareness month, @columbiacancer breast medical oncologist Dr. Julia McGuinness (@JMcGuinnessMD) is sharing 5️⃣ tips to reduce your risk of #breastcancer - with staying active at the top of the list! For more information, visit: columbiamed.link/45g5afN

For Boston to be a strong & growing home for working families, we need a strong & growing labor movement. Congrats to the @MGBUnited @cirseiu interns, residents & fellows on their hard-won victory for voice & dignity on the job.

Physicians give oppressed, unseen, and unheard patients a voice. Our stories are critical to humanize patients and bring such horrors to light. Of course, advocacy must be balanced with privacy, as Dr. Bernard's did. Doctors can't be silenced. @riconuila @NarrativeMed

Youth mental health crisis highlighted in this great article by Jake Miller- grateful for having my voice included. #CAPtwitter #AcademicTwitter #psychtwitter @harvardmed @HarvardMacy @BostonChildrens @CAP_MSR @DrKMSimon @papana_org magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/stand…

@Jon_Perrier @tafolabi_MD Agreed that both the both median income and earning potential of most people in Boston is much lower. But most people in Boston aren't struggling with $202,450 in debt educationdata.org/average-medica….

Child Psychiatrist Richard Baker of @UNSW came to learn about the fantastic youth mental health programs @McLeanHospital Thank you to @dost_ongur @chrisjamesryan @ian_hickie and @PatMcGorry for supporting our Harvard-Australia child psychiatry leadership development! #efjourney

@riconuila @nytimesbooks @lindavillarosa I am so happy to see the recognition of your work! And grateful for the attention that it brings to our vulnerable yet amazing patients. I am so lucky to have had your teaching and mentorship during my training and beyond!

I’m not gonna lie, it feels great to see this @nytimesbooks review in print. Thanks to @lindavillarosa for giving the book, and the patients and staff of Ben Taub, her attention. Healthcare can get better in America, we just have to will it so

@DrRachelConrad Cognitive care is woefully underpaid. MH payment is particularly problematic we've discussed here aamc.org/advocacy-polic…

1/ As an MGB attending, I support MGB housestaff Wrote my med school thesis on the history of residency work hrs & helped found BWH's 1st housestaff council. What I learned: medicine weaponizes the language of professionalism to promote a culture of martyrdom. Time to change

@drnickUSA @AtulGroverMD Do you bill for follow up appointments?

And that payment includes pre-op extensive planning and 3 months of follow-up visits!!! Do the math. With all that goes in to the planning & care, it is sub-professional rates. And the implant company gets $5000-$7000!!! Where else does the “parts department” fair this much better than the highly professional “skilled labor?”

"Hip replacement patients thought their doctor should be paid $14,358 for a total hip replacement and estimated that Medicare was paying out $8,212 for the procedure. The actual amount that Medicare paid out? A paltry $1,375" wapo.st/Kd4Vck?tid=ss_…

@AtulGroverMD So did this study ask people how much doctors should get paid to see a suicidal child?

My last BCBS reimbursement for a 30-minute session was $110. $220 an hour after 5 years of residency in psychiatry. $1,375 for a hip replacement after five years of residency in orthopedics. And you wonder why we have a problem with access to mental health treatment for kids?

“APA supports @Surgeon_General's recommendation to designate social connectedness as a public health priority. Being socially connected to others is a basic human need, crucial to both well-being and survival."—APA CEO @ArthurCEvans #Connect2Heal apa.org/news/press/rel…

Depts dedicating grand rounds to union bust. You can get continuing medical education credits for listening to anti-labor propaganda. No critical engagement with WHY people are striking. So embarrassing.

Good doctors can negotiate their contracts. Good doctors can demand to be paid more money. Good doctors can demand verbal terms in writing. Good doctors can carve boundaries btw themselves and their jobs. Good doctors can learn new skills that they weren’t taught in training.

@VipsMDMEd Acceptable

“Did you read our note?” Acceptable or unacceptable for a consultant to say to a primary team? What say you, #MedTwitter?

Further, 58% of pediatricians are female, and evidence shows a relative decline in earnings in specialties with a higher proportion of female physicians.

In a few short years, when these same residents become junior faculty struggling to pay back $200k+ in debt with the lowest average salary of any field of medicine, they will be shamed for taking any job outside of the academic institutions that created their financial nightmare.