Jonas Attilus, MD MPH

I Studied Ethics at Auschwitz. Now I'm Watching Minnesota. @jonasattilus/note/p-186384521?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=re1kd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jonasattilus/…

I just published I’ve Moved to Substack — Here’s Why medium.com/p/ive-moved-to…

I know publishing is not an easy path. But after twenty years of becoming a doctor, after surviving an earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, after learning to hold other people’s trauma while carrying my own—I am ready. open.substack.com/pub/jonasattil…

So today we remember, b/c that is what the living do. We carry the memories of those who are gone, and the legacy they left behind. We also carry an earlier version of ourselves—a vestige of who we once were—and we search for peace between those selves. @jonasattilus/note/p-183214960?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=re1kd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jonasattilus/…

Why I’m Writing About the 2010 Haiti Earthquake @jonasattilus/note/p-182789775?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=re1kd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jonasattilus/…

Why I’m Writing About the 2010 Haiti Earthquake @jonasattilus/note/p-182789775?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=re1kd" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jonasattilus/…

Check out my latest blog post "We Are Made of Stories" open.substack.com/pub/jonasattil…

Friends, I’ve started sharing more of my writing on Substack—personal essays and reflections shaped by medicine, migration, and community. My work explores identity, memory & belonging . I’d truly appreciate your support if you’re open to following along. @jonasattilus?utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@jonasattilus?…

Winter is a season. It comes and it passes. We don’t need to rush it away, because it, too, has something to offer. It provides contrast, reminding us of the beauty of human existence. open.substack.com/pub/jonasattil…

How do we hold tight to this present moment, the only time that truly exists? This life, this fleeting, astonishing now — the only moment we are ever truly given. @jonasattilus/who-we-become-3337d0463758" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@jonasattilus/…

I want to write about that. About who we became when the dust finally settled. A memoir not just for the dead, but for the living who walk alongside invisible ghosts. A story of what happened — and what did not. Of unspoken possibilities. @jonasattilus/why-im-writing-about-the-2010-haiti-earthquake-009a339a480b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@jonasattilus/…

Consider this not an end, but a beginning. An offering for a better world. A way to resist silence, because silence wounds us. Consider this voicing my thoughts, because it heals us. Consider this a gift from the ancestors . @jonasattilus/the-right-to-speak-910cd34e8bc0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@jonasattilus/…

@drjessigold @FASPEnews @VUamsterdam @KazJNelson You may have been the first person that I heard this program from back in 2018 or 2019. Can't wait to call myself an alumnus

@jonasattilus @FASPEnews @VUamsterdam @KazJNelson How great! I love FASPE and am a proud alum

I am super excited about my upcoming trip to Germany & Poland with @FASPEnews. I am also overjoyed to stop by @VUamsterdam, the Netherlands, to be on a global mental health panel. @KazJNelson @drjessigold

@BriChristophers @TriIMDPhD Muchas Felicidades Briana!

Got a new hat and some letters after my name 👩🏽‍🎓 On to the next! #PHinisheD #LatinasInMedicine #phd #MedTwitter @TriIMDPhD

@FASPEnews @globeandmail Here is the link. I highly recommend it :) theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-d…

@FASPEnews @globeandmail It is very interesting that she will be my co-fellow. There is a good episode on the association between racism and schizophrenia from The Decibel that I always refer to, and continue to share it with the intern. I will be honored to meet her in person.

Menaka Raman-Wilms is a writer and journalist based in Toronto, Canada. She’s the host of The Decibel, the daily news podcast from @globeandmail. Visit the link below to learn more about Menaka and our 2024 Journalism Fellows: faspe-ethics.org/2024-journalis…

@ElleClaudine way to go my friend!

About a month ago, I had the privilege of presenting some of my sickle cell research at the #ASPHO2024 Conference! As a sickle cell sibling, this work really means the world to me. I also got to meet & connect some amazing heroes in the field 🙏🏿 #Sicklecellawareness #phdchat

@doctorORbust That was definitely scary!!

@jonasattilus I grew up sick, so it’s a 9 lives thing. But I was sure I finally drew the last straw.

Intern year I worked a lot and had no time to make plans to see my own doctor. One day I went to work and felt horrible, my resident and attending seemed frustrated with me, as if I was milking it. I went home and woke up 10 days later in my own ICU. It was a long recovery.

@doctorORbust We are glad that you are here bro. What a gift from life. A second chance.

This was just before COVID outbreak, in summer ‘19. As it raged and people were anti mask I thanked the universe for giving me another yr to live. I wrote secret undelivered good bye letters to friends and family bc as I assumed I’d die in ‘19 I recall regretting not saying bye.