Anna Garcia, MD

@abbeyaroth @DukePathDept Congrats!!!

So excited to match with @DukePathDept!! I can’t wait to join this summer :) #PathMatch2023 #Match2023

Me smiling through the pain of allergy season in Houston

Heart-shaped colon biopsy 💜

Happy Friday! Little heart in pancreas

@caseypschukow One Punch Man, Sailor Moon, and Yuri on Ice!

Fake gray matter heterotopia (the sectioning makes it look like it’s not connected to the rest of the gray matter but it is!) happens to resemble a little heart ♥️ 🧠

Reading the small blurbs about coronaviruses in pre-pandemic microbiology textbooks is… not a great feeling

This interview season, don’t forget that the goal isn’t just to get programs to like you. This is your chance to find a place that has all the things you need (and hopefully all the things you want too).

Back at it again on surg path 💜

Someone: “You’ll get the gist of it!” Me, a pathologist: 🤠GIST🤠

@ijbailey @NicoleJacksonMD How else was I supposed to pay $250K for medical school? 🙄. Instead of “why do people take out student loans” think “hmmm why does higher education cost the amount it does?”

Nobody wanted student loans. People took them as a lifeline out of generational poverty.

May I politely ask why the required board exam is $895? As someone who is the first in their family to graduate college, and someone who moved across the country alone for residency, that’s not easy money to come by.

In no particular order, some things I have learned about coagulation this block: ROTEM Von Willebrand (so many) *fake* Von Willebrand (platelet type) Multimers Lupus inhibitor Mixing studies!!!! Factor 2,7,9, and 10 need Vit K Is the pt on heparin?

I’ve never done something more complicated than trying to get my Texas registration and license. I am determined but 😵‍💫

My cats wake up with me every time I get a page, run to the pager, and yell the whole time I’m on the phone. They’re asking all the right questions. They’re committed to patient care.

If you are a doctor or healthcare worker who supports action on gun safety tweet #DoctorsForGunSafety

@NeeshaMeans @Hansalah @d_torman @Leomyoma92 Me not realizing you can turn the specimen around to make holding it in place easier 🤦🏻‍♀️. It was like I never cut anything before in my life

Pathology is typing things and then erasing them because you changed your mind on which words to use. Several times. Pathology is also platelet shortage.

@jkin2003 Ok but this doesn’t answer the question at hand 🧐

@annaplastic I can't speak correctly. And I gave up a long time ago 😂

Do you say nuCLEolus or nucleOlus?