Ali Zahir, MD

honored and humbled to be among this group. thank you to my colleagues for the vote of confidence, and my family for raising a halfway decent human 😎 #goldhumanism @dgsomucla @cdrewu #blackmeninmedicine

@Danielle_M_Hart @HGHED Thank you so much! 😃

Excited to share this paper on utilizing UGNB’s for acute pain control in patients with herpes Zoster. Thank you @HGHED for the invaluable experience of learning ultrasound from amazing faculty & our patient for allowing us to share her experience sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Hot off the press! 📣 Our new longitudinal study is the first to investigate the effects of outdoor ambient air pollution on changes in functional brain network maturation over time during the transition to adolescence in a large US-based sample. A 🧵: doi.org/10.1016/j.envi…

NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/75e5e3d… And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.

my first, first author, publication. this labor of love that started 3 years ago from my mom’s story of her birth and trauma, that morphed into a question about how speaking Spanish affects Latina women during birth, is now published and open access for all to read- hope u enjoy

@AaronLBerkowitz @neurores_ucsf @ZSFGNeuro @sfva @UCSF Excited and grateful to learn from you, Dr. Berkowitz, and everyone in this group!

So excited to welcome our new @neurores_ucsf residents! Congratulations!! We can't wait to work with and learn from you @ZSFGNeuro @SFVA @UCSF ! 🧠♥️🧠♥️

@FrancescoDSergi Congratulations! You're going to be amazing! :)

WOOHOO I’M GOING TO BE AN EMERGENCY DOCTOR! #Match2023

Every year around this time, someone asks why medical schools/students don't talk more about the financial challenges associated with the end of M4. It makes a lot more sense when you think about the demographics of US medical school classes...

@MichaelLiMD @AmCollegeGastro @UCSFTransplant @UCSFCancer Congratulations!

I'm so honored to receive an @AmCollegeGastro Junior Faculty Development Award to study outcomes of HCC immunotherapy! Many thanks to my amazing co-mentors Jen Lai and Larry Fong and my @UCSFTransplant and @UCSFCancer collaborators for their support. #ACGInstitute #livertwitter

Just a bit of midday San Francisco sunshine!

I'd like to highlight Dr. Justin Bullock (@jbullockruns), a research fellow in the nephrology program at the University of Washington (@UWNephrology) who advocates for greater #MentalHealth support for our nation’s health workers. Let's celebrate him this #BlackHistoryMonth. 1/3

Hi #MedTwitter, Glass Health has just released Glass AI, a DDx and clinical plan generator. Try it yourself at glass.health/ai. This is part @GlassHealthHQ's careful exploration of how AI can be leveraged for learning and practicing medicine. @element119

@DeepaHRajan Sorry to hear, Deepa. I hope you feel better soon!

after evading it for 3 years, i finally got covid and it's kicking my ass 😭 conferences spread both ideas and diseases 🤡

@kellymkimball Would love a copy! Thank you so much!

On my medicine Sub-I right now and am in the processes of curating a comprehensive intern survival guide based on all the incredibly helpful input I’ve received from my residents & attendings. M4s going into medicine/ prelim med….lmk if you’d like a copy! #MedTwitter #Match2023

As a first-gen student and soon-to-be graduate of @UCSFMedicine, this means everything to me, Executive Vice Chancellor @CatherineRLucey. Thank you.

The JVS/Google/UCSF IT Support training application for 18-24 y.o. w/out a college degree has opened up for this week. Deadline extended until 11:59 pm, Friday, Dec 9th! A few more spots are available for this great opportunity! Please DM if any questions. bit.ly/itsupporttay

@josephoh0517 @robcosorio still waiting for my package as well

@robcosorio still waiting for my package

Of all the hobbies I’ve had in the last few years, roasting my own coffee has been the one I’ve enjoyed most. Started in 2020 and haven’t stopped since. Certainly compatible with med school too, which is a nice bonus!

I recently came across data on who we spend our time with over the course of our lives. The insights are simultaneously inspiring and depressing. Here are 6 graphs everyone needs to see: