Joseph Bart Venâncio Arrington

I'm excited to announce that I have been selected as one of the @UtahBusiness #fortyunder40! I'd like to thank my family, those who nominated me, and all of my colleagues who have helped shape my career. This is just the beginning! utahbusiness.com/utah-business-…

I would just like to thank @MOHELA for being my student aid servicer - every single time I have called in, their representatives have been the utmost kindest and insanely knowledgeable people I could have hoped for. Just got off of the phone with them and wanted to express this.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Monday that President Russell M. Nelson will dedicate the Syracuse Utah Temple on Sunday. ow.ly/hKeI50W2XXe

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@KSLcom Oh God hear the words from my mouth another to do masonic handshakes and secret combinations in the Mormon cult temple. I need to keep practicing my masonic handshakes and secret combinations! The father of lies stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations, 2 Ne. 9:9.

@poopoopeepee25 @grok @HarvIndependent @Acyn If they passed the boards then who cares?

@grok @HarvIndependent @Acyn American University of the Caribbean.

Baier: She never finished her residency and doesn't currently have an active medical license. RFK JR: She was top of her medical class at Stanford. During her residency, she won every award that she can win. She walked away from traditional medicine because she was not curing patients

@ZSiudak @DrDiGiorgio @yuvalpatelMD We need to have legislation increase the number of residency positions (and, in relation, medical school seats). I know there is a lot more work than just saying that, mind you.

The patient with a subdural and a blown pupil at 2am needs a craniotomy. Not all needs are equal.

@jl35wilsonMD @SalaryDr There are many of us who have to take non-linear paths for a variety of reasons who don't want to be forced out of certain pathways.

@SalaryDr @ac253189 What about PSLF?

At a high level, you will take on $300k and have 8 years of training, 4 of which are unpaid and the other 4+ you are making $60-70k. During those 8 years based on that income you will likely not even be paying enough on your student loans (if you’re making any payment at all) to even decrease the principal balance. At $300k at 7% interest your loans grow at $21k each year.

@realdocspeaks @SeivwrightTrudy @SalaryDr I do agree with this, too! I hope as things evolve that we can find some answers to these stressor. My personal goal is to help fight for change.

There are more factors than financial involved. Here are a few other issues: • Lenght of training time is too long, we lose our twenties and half of our thirties • Expanding administrative hassles • Declining public respect • Loss of autonomy • Forced to use terrible software and function as a data entry clerk • Stress on family life And many more!

The med school boom is over. From a peak of 80K applicants in 2021, we’re down to 65K in 2024 — a 19% drop.🔻 Fewer people want to be doctors. Burnout, debt, and broken healthcare are catching up. Medicine isn’t the dream it used to be.

@SalaryDr I'm career pivoting from healthcare administration to become a physician. People are telling me I'm making a financial mistake, and I reply, "If I was doing it for the money, I'd stay in business". I definitely understand people running from this profession, but I feel the call!

Surprised and elated to have just grabbed this from the mail! Thank you for the warm welcome, @ACLMinfo ! I look forward to being part of the community and contributing in this next chapter of my career. #MedTwitter #law

I’m “just” a DO. In some circles, that’s still a slur. At certain Philly academic centers, you feel it. In residencies that quietly exclude us, you see it. But here’s the truth nobody tells you: The system didn’t make me. It tried to break me.

@Rick_Pescatore I’m allopathic, trained at an allopathic residency and the attending who was my personal role model as a physician is a DO. Post-nominal letters go only so far. You can’t hold down high quality people.

@generalorthomd Enter “Ortho UrgentCare.” We opened ours 10+ yrs ago. Massive savings to our community/patients w/specialist on-site care. UC’s, if managed properly, can be excellent.

An urgent care referred a carpenter with a splinter in his hand to me. It was removed with tweezers. Referred a laceration to the ED for sutures. Referred wrist fractures to the ED for splinting. These places offer very little value to many patients.

@wolfofx Thanks! I didn't need my tears, anyway

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An ED claiming squatters' rights could set a precedence for residents that Legal isn't ready to acknowledge

@Rick_Pescatore It has taken me a lot longer to get my career going because of this exact sentiment. I've been to 99% of my kids' dances and sports... every day that goes by as I approach 40 I get more grateful I've delayed my training for them.

If I could tell my younger self one thing: The patients will still be there. The charts. The cases. The shifts. But your daughter only has one first grade recital. One moment where she scans the crowd for you. Be there to catch her eye— and mouth, “I’m so proud of you.”

@A_Sapp12 @Nursing_Heretic *That* is utterly insane, haha. Sorry you had to go through this...

@Nursing_Heretic Yup that was also locked

Ever been trapped in a hospital stairwell for 15 minutes because your badge got deactivated and you had no way of getting out… because that’s how my day started

@Rick_Pescatore I think it's interesting how all of the people with ED experience agree with your take and those who seem to not have it complained. Also sheds some insight to me, inadvertently, how interesting it is that hospitals give so (too?) much credence to PressGaney surveys.

You ask me why I’m slow to act when the patient’s crashing, why I walk instead of run. You say “Shouldn’t we be doing more?” Here’s what I’ve learned, and why I don’t reach for the epinephrine first. A thread for young docs: