Alexis Cates, DO

Ray Morrison, DO, speaker of the AOA House of Delegates, and Alexis Cates, DO, AOIA OPAC officer, with Congressman Steve Scalise. #DODay24 #DOProud @acates @SteveScalise @AOIA_AOA

My kids have never been more excited for a weather event.. @ReedTimmerAccu we have a few of your littlest fans in our house! Never stop chasing.

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Comments implying that DOs are not medical doctors could not be further from the truth. DOs currently make up approximately 11% of the physician workforce and 25% of all U.S medical students. Read more: bit.ly/3uEMoCj @TheView @sunny #DOProud

@bobjherman A flagrant violation of the corporate practice of medicine prohibitions in >30 states yet organized medicine, state boards and AGs stand idly by. Only @aaeminfo and @TakeMedBack have truly stepped forward to fight CPOM. @AmerMedicalAssn

I will never recover from this student email.

@tlerioti @sunny @AOAforDOs Do you have a link?!

@tcymet There’s different F11 codes for each in relation to opioid use. And each has different implications for the patient.

@acates Per speaker, all are equal when documenting for billing purposes.

The changing language of drug “abuse”. It is no longer abuse, it is misuse. Dependence=addiction=OUD

@A1ex_R0driguez Thanks for the Fanny pack @AOIA_OPAC shout out 😅

@acates Loved your talk, How to aDvOcate 101, at #OMED23. You rocked the fanny pack, too! #DoctorsthatDO

@rjuhaszDO @AOAforDOs Thank you 🙏

My last column for the DO.. thanks for the opportunity @AOAforDOs ! thedo.osteopathic.org/columns/no-tri…

@DanWuori This is one of my favorite newborn skills to tell new moms about! Amazing to see.

Wait… what?? This newborn caught mom and grandma off guard by displaying what appeared to be some very advanced skills. After all, most babies begin crawling between 6-10 months… so seeing this at just 3 DAYS? What gives?! What you’re seeing here IS, in fact, miraculous - but also very common to newborns. It’s known as the breast crawl. At birth, babies are equipped by nature with a special set of skills (reflexes) designed to help them thrive and survive in their new surroundings. The breast crawl combines several of these reflexes in a coordinated effort to find food. What you’re seeing is a combination of the stepping and rooting reflexes, typically demonstrated while baby is laying face down on mom’s stomach. The stepping reflex is activated when the soles of the feet come in contact with a solid surface… usually mom’s abdomen (but in this case the wall of the bassinet) and encourages alternating limb movement designed to help baby shimmy up mom’s chest toward the breast. The rooting reflex, meanwhile, stimulates baby to turn their head in the direction of contact with the face (in search of the nipple). Babies’ eyesight remains poor at this stage, but nature has equipped them with one more advantage: the ability to sniff out the smell of mother’s milk. Small bumps on the mother’s areola known as Montgomery Glands emit a scent that helps guide baby to the food they are seeking. Ultimately what you see in this fantastic video (posted to TT by samantha_elizabeth_) is not a baby about to start crawling across the room, but a hungry newborn using all the tools at their disposal to help find nourishment. And that may be even more amazing!

@Amber_LeeOMS You should notify your mentor at your school and reach out to leadership with @AOAforDOs ! They are very responsive and very aware of the general issue; I just let them know of several as I was mentoring a student recently. We need to fix this, for sure. let me know if I can help

I love spending my evenings emailing programs asking if they accept comlex in lieu of step because their website only lists step. 🥴🥴

The AOA Training in Policy Studies program is a year-long fellowship designed to give osteopathic physicians the skills necessary to navigate health policy at every level. The application cycle for the 2023-24 TIPS cohort is open now until Aug. 20! bit.ly/3OEONDc

@DrMomNom1 @EMOverEasy Super Mom and #badassdoctormom; I miss you, so! ❤️

@reverendofdoubt @NEJM It’s a dx of exclusion for sure, I’ve seen it a handful of times

Catching up @NEJM today.... interesting articles from the past few months: Transient Global Ischemia. Had neuro dx it once in the ED and recommend no MRI, we did MRI anyway, left mesial temporal lobe stroke & admitted. Diagnose it at your own pearl. 🤷‍♂️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36791163/

Thanks @ReedTimmerAccu for providing excellent photos for our tornado/rainbow theme 5th birthday party! 😜🤭(the cupcakes are also in the shape of a tornado). Happy birthday to our Nathan!

Our @SOMAFoundation friends have established the Hitzeman TIPS Fellowship in memory of David Hitzeman, DO, which is earmarked for a resident physician that is also a @NationalSOMA alum. Same application - simply select "yes" on the SOMA alum question.