Jacob Lepard

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Jacob Lepard

@LepardJacob

Born: Chattanooga, Tennessee. Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University. Global Surgery. Fetal Surgery. Husband and Father.

Katılım Temmuz 2018

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Kemel A. Ghotme, MD, PhD@KemelG·29 May

Let's celebrate! #WHA76 just approved the resolution to prevent #MicronutrientDeficiencies through safe and effective #FoodFortification. A Joint effort from @WHO member states led by #Colombia, civil society, scientific community, 3G universities, patients, and families.

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Dr. David Skaggs@dr_skaggs·27 Ağu

An asymmetric umbilicus reflex in a patient with scoliosis warrants an MRI, and is often associated with a syrinx #scoliosis #Spine #Neurosurgery #orthotwitter

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History Defined@historydefined·28 May

A Victorian couple trying not to laugh getting photographed, 1890s.

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·26 May

Before this week my last Tweet was from 5/14/2019. I’m going to try this out again. Let’s see what happens.

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Gates Foundation@gatesfoundation·15 May

Progress is possible when everyone has access to quality healthcare.

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·25 May

Quite possibly the most important news article that I’ve read in a very long time.

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·25 May

If you’ve studied history at all this should leave you speechless. It gives the sense that we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg in terms of human rights violations.

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·25 May

The faces from China’s Uyghur detention camps bbc.in/3NqGbxO via @BBCNews

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·22 Kas

@ronibats We’ve had a similar incident in the past. Great teaching point.

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Ronnie E. Baticulon@ronibats·21 Kas

PSA for all med students/interns requested to insert an NGT. 😱

FreshRN@Kati_Kleber

PSA for nurses - if your patient needs an NG or DHT, make sure there are no basal skull fractures or recent surgery first, as you could insert the tube into their brain and cause a life-altering or life-ending injury.

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·17 May

Still a long way to go, but helpful to see how far this has come.

Gates Foundation@gatesfoundation

Progress is possible when everyone has access to quality healthcare.

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EMakasa@emakasa·14 May

Neglected Trauma forms a huge part of the surgical disease burden in Africa. What is sad is that the neglect is now taking place at the health facilities due to long waiting lists even when the Pt presented early...

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WHO African Region@WHOAFRO·11 May

The number of deaths on the world’s roads remains unacceptably high with 1.35 million people dying each year. Passing **and enforcing** laws on risk factors such as speed and impaired driving helps prevent road traffic deaths and injuries. #RoadSafetyWeek

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·12 May

An economy grows when it’s populace is educated, and people can’t learn if they’re too sick to pick up a textbook. #UHC #Humancapitalisrealcapital @HarvardPGSSC

World Bank Health@WBG_Health

Universal health coverage is a foundational driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. wrld.bg/gO5C30oHs4j #HealthforAll #dataviz

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·12 May

An interesting concept. Will need further validation, but the question is what to do when clinical judgement differs from the machine modeled outcome. We’ll see if it eventually develops relevance in LMICs.

Journal of Neurosurgery@TheJNS

#OnlineFirst: A traumatic brain injury prognostic model to support in-hospital triage in a low-income country: a machine learning–based approach thejns.org/view/journals/…

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Kee Park@keepark·11 May

So excited to attend the #GlobalNeurosurgery session at the #AASPN2019 in Incheon with friends from #Korea #Cambodia #Philippines #Malaysia #US #Vietnam @LepardJacob @ronibats

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BU Nguyen@BUNguyen6·12 May

Back to work after awesome days #GIEESC2019 #RACS19 with amazing friends @megvu @LepardJacob @Rachel_Koch. Learn to “Think globally” and act for pediatric surgical care in 🇻🇳!

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·11 May

Vietnamese pediatric neurosurgical outcomes being presented by a local pediatric neurosurgeon. #Justmakessense #Hedidthesurgeries #PGSSC

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·8 May

Interesting use of night satellite imagery to model economic growth.

The Economist@TheEconomist

The data suggest that North Korea's economy has been unusually volatile econ.st/2H0SRLo

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Kee Park@keepark·6 May

@WHO Director @etkelley419 at the #GIEESC2019 meeting in #Bangkok emphasizes the importance of safe #surgical care as foundational to #healthsystem #SurgeryUHC #Surgery4Injuries #NCDs #integratedprimarycare #PHCSurgery

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Jacob Lepard@LepardJacob·7 May

Impressive lecture by @BUNguyen6 and @megvu yesterday at the Biennial GIEESC meeting in Bangkok, Thailand. Pediatric surgery in Vietnam is on the rise.

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