Troy B. Amen

Mom called me today and finally said she’d get the vaccine. Turns out a doctor from our church preached some truth to her and the rest of the congregation. All it took was one person from her community that she trusted. One person.

My wife and I are taking a break from social media in 2022. Hoping to unplug from our culture of self comparison and self-promotion to use the extra time and be more present with each other, our close friends, and family. See you in 2023 twitter ❤️

Thanks to @TroyBAmen1 for the slides and all of his incredible work on racial disparities in TJA. He is a mover and shaker and is changing the field!

@MaxJordan_N circa 2016...just some young bucks thankful to have gotten into med school. Love this photo.

It’s that time of the year. Time to kick Harvard’s ass and fellowship with my people. (@TroyBAmen1 We’ll miss you bro!)

@ShainaLipa Best thing I've seen on twitter all year. Congrats Dr. Lipa! Keep blazin and inspiring.

I am excited to share that I have joined the faculty of Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School as a spine surgeon in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery. As the first black woman surgeon to be hired by any Harvard-affiliated orthopedic department, I recognize the

Patient Dehumanization in #MedEd: Read this compelling essay on how #physicians must consider all the ways racism and bias are baked into patient care: ow.ly/OpSP50GH0bl. #MedHumanities @TroyBAmen1 @LashNolen

Doctors mistakenly think that working long hours without lunch breaks and/or weekends off signals our "resilience" as healthcare providers...Wrong. It actually signals our inability to effectively negotiate healthier working conditions for ourselves and our loved ones.

A 3rd year medical student on our surgery team told me he was withdrawing from medical school this month. When asked why, he told me..."I just don't know how you guys do it". Another bright student lost to medicine. Let's make it stop.

Before you call a patient a poor historian, remember that "actually, the historian is the one who records the history." Love these Marshall Wolf pearls @BrighamMedRes MR.

Last night, I saw an elderly Honduran woman in clinic. As the nursing student took her blood pressure, her granddaughter turned to me and whispered, “Felicidades. Lo hiciste.” 🥺

Harvard’s Hope Medical Scholars is expanding nationally after helping over 250 URM students in the New England and Chicago areas. If you would like to open a chapter at your medical school please email us at hopemedicalscholars@hms.Harvard.edu or message me.

Troy Amen, MD/MBA ’21, founded Hope Medical Scholars, which has brought more than one hundred high school students, many of whom would be the first in their family to attend college, to HMS for a three-day immersion program. hvrd.me/Y5N630rJcIP

Oldest of 10 each, my folks quit elementary (dad) & middle (mom) school in rural México to help make ends meet. So they came to the US to work as farmworkers mostly in rural southwest GA. My medical school graduation was one small step for a man, one giant leap for fam-kind. 🇲🇽🇺🇸

@EsdailleJ @HowardU Good luck man!

Graduated from Harvard Medical School and also married my best friend ❤️

@HeartOfAChamp_T You have to visit Principal Ike at @chihopeacademy 🎉

Going to Chicago next month as a tourist (kinda). Any advice of place to go/eat?

@JayneRiceMD Stay up fam. We miss you here ❤️

Crawling to my day off next weekend 😪

@ShuaibuShaAli Thanks for the love fam. I appreciate you 🙏🏾

That’s amazing! I felt that 🙏🏿

Papi came straight from the fields to celebrate with my mom & loved ones! As a #FGLI, blessed/excited to train at one of the best – UCLA‼️ This Georgia country boy’s 1st time moving out West but ready to embrace this new chapter! @UCLANeurology @NMatch2021 #MatchDay2021 🧠😎🇲🇽🇺🇸

@erickmjuarez10 @DrRayMD @UCLANeurology @NMatch2021 Erick, congrats my brother!! You’re one of the realest dudes I’ve met on twitter and such an inspiration. Sending so much love your way homie 💪🏾