Rita Redberg

@Dr_Paulevj you are a great role model and inspiration to the next generation at Hostos, and all over.

When I was a nursing student at Hostos, I could not picture where this path was going. Tomorrow I go back to show someone else what the destination looks like. Hostos Community College was born in 1968 because the South Bronx fought for it. Puerto Rican and Black residents of the poorest congressional district in the country demanded a college that would serve them. They nearly lost it in the 1976 fiscal crisis. A movement called La Lucha saved it. Today 55% of Hostos students are the first in their families to attend college. Nearly all are on financial aid. About 73% are from the Bronx. Most speak a language other than English at home. That was me. I arrived from Venezuela at 16. Hostos is where I became a nurse. The research, the fellowships, the lab at NIH. All of it started in that building on the Grand Concourse. The Hostos nursing program produced Celina Sotomayor, Class of 1973. Her daughter became a U.S. Supreme Court Justice. The same program produced me. A nurse scientist at the National Institutes of Health and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. A community college in the South Bronx did that. Community colleges train the majority of new nurses in this country. The AAS in Nursing is the fastest route to licensure for students who work full time, support families, or cannot relocate or afford to start with a BSN. It is also where the profession stays connected to the communities that need nurses most. Tomorrow I go back for Nurses Day 2026. We are going to talk about nursing, science, leadership, and what it takes to build a career when nobody handed you the roadmap. If you are in the Bronx, come. Tuesday May 5th, 2026 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM D Savoy Building, Hostos Community College All are welcome. Nurses Week starts Wednesday. This is how I am starting mine. #NursesDay2026 #NursesWeek2026 #Hostos #CUNY #NurseScientist #NursingScience #BronxToNIH #LatinaInScience #LeadFromDayOne #SouthBronx

I am honored! and in great company! thank you Samia, the #AHAWIC Mentoring Award winner!

@ABCardio1 Congratulations, LaPrincess!! Most well- deserved for your great work. 👏👏

Congrats to Dr. LaPrincess Brewer on receiving an NIH/NLM R01 Grant for her innovative study using immersive virtual technology to improve cardiac rehab access and outcomes. Proud to celebrate her leadership in advancing equity in heart health. #Cardiology #HeartHealth #ABC

Presenting at American Heart Association conferences is more than a milestone—it’s a family tradition. #AHA25 Vice Chair @bnallamo proudly continues the legacy with his daughter Janaki, a high school student presenting a poster at #ReSS25. ❤️🫀

Dr. Mora mentorship awardee shares #topten tips here are my favs #AHA2025 Be Persistent "Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not." J.R.R.Tolkien Be Resilient & Embrace New Fields "Out of life's school of war - what doesn't kill me, makes me stronger" Nietzsche Be Prepared “chance favors only the prepared mind"Pasteur

Fabulous work @bnallamo leading this important journal. Looking forward to seeing your next chapters!

So well deserved! She has menteed so many far and wide, and so well and so generously.

Congratulations to @drstaceyrosen, President of the American Heart Association, on a powerful and inspiring Presidential Address. Even more special — the incredible Northwell Choir performing in her honor. #AHA2025 @KatzWomensHlth @avolgman @GarimaVSharmaMD @SharonneHayes

@ZekeEmanuel Well said! And so true. I look forward to your book. 📕

Influencers want to sell advice so they can make money, not so you can be healthy. This is the Wellness Industrial Complex hard at work. Eating well and exercising keep us healthy, and they do not involve spending a ton of money. wwnorton.com/books/97813241…

Excellent article@sarahkliff Many women are having unnecessary C-sections which put them at higher risk of complications & later problems.Time to end routine electronic fetal monitoring . Flawed Technology Behind America’s High C-Section Rate nytimes.com/2025/11/06/hea… via @NYTimes

Great to connect with the old friends and new ones at#ESC2025.

@drjohnm @divaka_perera

No trial better explains the importance of evidence than REVIVED BCIS. It boggles my mind that it was negative @divaka_perera is correct, but try telling 99% of American cardiologists We still cath new LV dys pts TO FIND LESIONS TO REVASC despite negative trials #ESC2025

Great to work with my @UCSFDOM colleagues on this work, illustrating the importance of safety and effectiveness data before clinical use and ideally, before @FDADeviceInfo approval.

Congratulations to @jholtzman3 and @ChrisBarnettMD for great work and a Blue Ribbon! @UCSFCardiology #ucsfqualityimprovement

Honored to be part of the 100th Class of Guggenheim Fellows for this award in the category of Medicine and Health. I plan to write a book on healthcare, excited to share.

well said. i am so sad. Holly was an inspirational person, colleague and friend. May her memory be a blessing.

✨Premarket approval: highest evidence requirement but lacking- no randomization, use of surrogate endpoints ✨very few sham comparison of devices ✨510k premarket notification- just had to show equivalence and is not intended to evaluate safety or effectiveness @RFRedberg

@dramitkhera Amazing achievement. Congratulations!

Today finished my 3rd #Ironman70.3 – Galveston. Hardest one by far w/horrible winds, flat tire, & swim canceled. But appreciated so many weathering the storms and committing to their health, fitness, & personal goals- on good days & bad #commitment #cvprev #practicewhatipreach

The curse of the 80% Pers AF-free curse of non-randomized trials lives on in the PFA era. #EHRA2025