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Honored to have represented my program at the ACP Doctor’s Dilemma competition. Looking forward to be back with my team in the fall for the next round!
@FLACPchapter
@AdventHealthCFL
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Atika Malik, MD.
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Atika Malik, MD.
@malikatikamd
Born in Pakistan, Living in the US but Citizen of the World 🌎
Maryland, USA Katılım Kasım 2020
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Your mind is your most powerful tool 🧠
Rumi@rumilyrics
You can literally come back from anything. It’s all about your mindset.
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Be humble and kind. You could be wrong.
Be forgiving. You also make mistakes.
Be honest. Character is a door opener.
Be generous. Givers sleep better at night.
Be grateful. Luck seeks the thankful.
Be courageous. Fight for your happiness.
Be yourself, always. You will be happier.
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The man, the myth, the legend!
Conrad Fischer@SeeFisch
At the association of physicians of Pakistani descent!
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@synapse2000 @STzorfas One of the most interesting points in life is when we realize the contrast between our perception and the reality of something. So glad that you were able to make that distinction early on and found your true calling!
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@STzorfas @malikatikamd I went into medical school sure I wanted to do psychiatry and realized after a rotation or two that what I really would have wanted to do in that field was psychology. I still like the mind, though, so general neurology was perfect. You never know how these things work out.
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I chose neurology because of ice cream.
Most people know me as a neurologist, but that’s not how I started. I began in a neurosurgery residency, and it didn’t take long to realize it wasn’t the right fit. I didn’t have the aptitude—or really the desire—for the surgical side. I was more of a thinker than a doer, and the program I was in didn’t exactly help me figure that out.
There wasn’t much teaching. And even less support.
I remember one moment very clearly. I was sitting with some neurology residents, just taking a break and eating ice cream. My chief resident saw me and was furious that I wasn’t working. That's when it really started to click that I did not fit in. But I am a plodder and I just kept going.
A few months later I was brought into a room with the director of the residency program and told:
“You have no future here. Don’t even think of leaving until the end of the year.”
That meant nine more months in a place I already knew I didn’t belong.
That would have broken me.
Fortunately, the chairman of neurosurgery saw it differently and gave me a way out. Neurology at another institution immediately took me in, and it turned out to be exactly where I belonged. I just made it in time to start an internship in Medicine.
What felt like failure at the time ended up being the most important course correction of my career.
Sometimes you only figure out where you belong by realizing where you don’t.🙂
@KevinMD @STzorfas @aafp
#PrivatePractice #SoloPractice #PhysicianEntrepreneur #MedTwitter #PhysicianBusiness #DoctorLife #StartingAPractice #MedEd
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@BethFratesMD The culture of medicine needs to change.
It idealizes self-sacrifice and perfectionism.
A good starting point is normalizing physicians prioritizing their health.
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Honored and humbled to be elected President-Elect of the Pakistani American Psychiatric Association of North America (PAPANA).
Grateful for the trust and excited to work alongside outstanding Pakistani-origin psychiatrists across the U.S.
Priorities ahead:
• Strengthen collaboration with the American Psychiatric Association
• Build joint initiatives with the Pakistan Psychiatric Society and Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
• Expand mentorship and guidance for psychiatry residency applicants
• Most importantly, elevate mental health awareness across the U.S., Pakistan, and globally
Looking forward to serving, building, and making a meaningful impact.
Goshen, NY 🇺🇸 English
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Hussain Sattar wrote Pathoma as a professor and Islamic scholar.
Saud Siddiqui, a Pakistani immigrant, made Forbes 30 Under 30.
They saw a gap. They filled it.
What are you building?
#USMLE #IMGStrong #Match2027 (2/2)
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This is what unbelievable looks like. Who rule the world? Girls!
Mariam Shariff, MD@MariamShariffMD
"You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin', they wanna tell you, you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period" Opened the email atop a mountain and matched at my #1 @MayoClinicCVS. Dad, Your little girl is gonna be a heart surgeon🫀 #CTSurgery
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@MariamShariffMD @MayoClinicCVS @Ashish_Kumar_MD @MayoSurgery @STS_CTsurgery It looks like the pursuit of happyness was successful. Amazing Mariam, this is an unbelievable achievement! Upwards and onwards always 🥂🥳
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"You got a dream. You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin', they wanna tell you, you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period"
Opened the email atop a mountain and matched at my #1 @MayoClinicCVS.
Dad, Your little girl is gonna be a heart surgeon🫀
#CTSurgery
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The famous (or rather infamous) Broken Heart Syndrome. It looks like one can actually die from a broken heart ❤️🩹
Dr Ahmad Rehan Khan@AhmadRehanKhan
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: • Apical and mid segment akinesia • Basal hyperkinesis → apical ballooning • Not confined to a single coronary territory
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How many resident physicians can relate?
Matthew LaBosco@matthew_labosco
7 signs your body is flooded with cortisol (& you don't realize it): 1. Waking at 3-4 AM.
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@StequaviousB @SalaryDr While I leave the dynamic between you and your residents to be dealt with in a private setting, fair resident compensation is most definitely something that needs to be addressed.
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@malikatikamd @SalaryDr And surgical residents shouldn’t scrub out in the middle of a case cuz “I’m off at 5”. Especially when I’m trying to teach them something
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A first-year resident earns less per hour than the Starbucks lead down the street.
A first-year MBA at the same hospital earns 3x more.
We built a system where the people closest to the patient have the least leverage.
That's not an accident. It's a design choice.
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@StequaviousB @SalaryDr My response was directed towards 110 hours/week.
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@malikatikamd @SalaryDr I would be shocked that an internal medicine resident (even in my day, 1990s) worked 36 on 12 off every other day. Or didn’t go home for 5 days straight.
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@StequaviousB @SalaryDr efforts are directed towards their education. This contrasts dramatically with what is expected of a resident. (2)
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@malikatikamd @SalaryDr Why not extend your logic and say med students should get paid too? As a resident, you’re in a grey area where your signature doesnt really count, and you are not the accountable authority in the patients eyes. You’re there to help and learn
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@StequaviousB @SalaryDr Medical students are not the point of discussion but since you’ve brought them up, I will share the position of medical students as well. Thankfully, medical students are expected only to learn. The team does not hold them accountable for anything and all (1)
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@StequaviousB @SalaryDr end up in the hospital aren’t working as hard. The argument is tht noone should be working to the point of their body giving up on them. Medical trainees should be challenged bt they should not be overworked & they most definitely should be fairly compensated
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@malikatikamd @SalaryDr And I invite you to work 110 hrs/week for one week and you’ll understand you don’t have it so bad. There were days (frequently) where I didn’t go home for 4-5 days straight cuz after sign out rounds post call at 8 pm, didn’t make sense
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