Charlene Lai

First in person journal club since starting as a #pedsendo attending @OHSUDoernbecher. Effects of wildfire on peds resp symptoms. Methodology was lacking. But sparked great discussion on environmental justice and importance of pediatricians getting involved in advocacy.

Lots of learning @meaningful_care 2SLGBTQ+ conference today! @OHSUDoernbecher #pedsendo colleagues discussed how robotic peritoneal flap vaginoplasty can be an option for transgender folks who have limited genital skin after pubertal suppression.

@doctoramilano @OHSUDoernbecher Thank you! See you at @meaningful_care conference?

Excited to be the newest pediatric endocrinologist joining the THP team @OHSUDoernbecher. Caring for gender diverse youth as a #pedsendo is a rapidly growing and changing new field with amazing patients, passionate colleagues, and lots of opportunities for learning and research.

Just spent 90 min on phone w/ young adult pt w/ T1 Diabetes at 7p night before his final trying to get lifesaving long acting insulin. Oregon Medicaid req PA for *all* long actings. Going to use @GoodRx for a "discount" to $250. This is not ok! @RepLisaReynolds @michaeldembrow

Excellent pediatric grand rounds @OHSUDoernbecher by Dr.@AlexisTopjian from @ChildrensPhila on *big* changes in PALS. Resuscitation breaths/min doubling from 10 -> 20-30/min. For out of hospital arrests, BVM = advanced airway. Reminding me of my student EMT days @WUSTL

Caring for more than 6,000 adult and youth transgender patients, OHSU has one of the largest and most comprehensive #TransgenderHealth programs in the U.S. bit.ly/3Jha1CR

.@Teladoc robots now live for inpatient new onset pediatric diabetes consults in Medford and Riverbend. Courtesy of your friendly, local (6 hours away) pediatric endocrinologists @OHSUDoernbecher @OHSUNews

Can't wait for this to come to market! Hidden insulin pumps that can automatically give you insulin AND it's controlled by your smart phone? I think there will be many happy kids!

Insurance company pharmacists are denying growth hormone because we haven't documented "open epiphyses" on bone ages of 8. What a waste of provider and staff time to have to appeal. #pedsendo @novonordisk @pfizer

2 months into being a Pediatric Endocrine Attending @OHSUDoernbecher and I can say that we have the best medical assistants and nurses. They care so much about our patients and I couldn't do my job without them.

Thanks to @uretericbud and everyone at @FCUroOnc for helping me answer a question I had while seeing consults as a resident at @PennUrology !

So cool to see @TaliaHitt quoted in the @nytimes!!! 👏🏼💪🏼

Insanely proud of my friend and co-fellow @TamaroffJ for getting her F32 funded! Everyone get ready to learn more about Friedrich's Ataxia and diabetes. @ChildrensPhila #pedendo #endotwitter

I have come to accept that we will never be as smart as a pancreas, but that shouldn't keep us from trying! #PediatricDiabetes #T1D #InsulinPumps diatribe.org/tech-horizon-w…

So lucky to have Dr.@colin_hawkes @CUH_Cork and Dr. Terri Lipman as my mentors. @PennLDI @ChildrensPhila @PennNursing

Amazing virtual workshop led by @aaronmisakian about how to talk about gender with your patients. Complete with simulated case based experience with actors. Would love to see this as standard #pedendo curriculum. @ChildrensPhila

Avoiding "analysis paralysis": there is always room for improvement, but don't let that be a barrier towards action, interventions and change. Inspiring words from Dr. Shaquita Bell's PedsGR on health equity and anti-racism work @shaqbell @seattlechildren @ChildrensPhila

Great int'l journal club w/ Dr. van Santen from WKZ @UtrechtUni comparing their peds thyroid cancer guidelines vs ATA with our own Dr. Bauer @ChildrensPhila. Highlights: BRAF analysis for Bethesda V nodules & no prophylactic central neck dissection.