Good morning. McDonald’s is hiring and offering $18-21/hr starting pay. As a first year cardiology fellow with 4 years experience saving lives… I don’t make McDonald’s starting pay 🙃
My pop died from a sudden cardiac arrest 2 weeks after I started medical school. He collapsed in the presence of people who didn’t know CPR. Care was delayed. Damar Hamlin brings it all back. Be the friend that knows CPR.
#GetCPRCertified
#SuddenDeath
#SuddenCardiacArrest
Had a medical student ask me what is the hardest part about being a first Gen… and tbh, it’s the loneliness that comes with the constant pursuit of higher education. Achieving important milestones, alone. Family and friends support, but they don’t really understand.
A better one.
I worked 23 days as a moonlighting attending and made $53,000 before taxes. As a Cards PGY4, I make $74,000 a YEAR.
As the driving force behind academic institutions, the ones with the longer days, and less time off.
Residents and fellows deserve more money🤷🏽♀️
Average rent in Miami is ~$2400/month. Which usually equates to an entire residency paycheck + some. This ain’t program specific but imagine 60% of your income going to RENT ALONE we haven’t even included parking, electricity or wifi. 🥴 medicine is a rich man’s sport.
Vanderbilt. We’re trusting you with her.
@PotterTamia
you are breaking chains and growing your community. A community that actively supports you and one I’m proud to be part of. You have made us all proud.
Folks are upset at me because I said
🗣️RESIDENTS DESERVE TO MAKE MORE MONEY!
So I say it again and maybe the outrage in my DMs will be the spark of change 🙃
Happy Monday
Xoxo
- I said what I said
Why do we (doctors) associate more strenuous and grueling training with better? A resident that suffers through a malignant training program is more competent and ‘prepared’ than one with adequate time off, resources and support? I want yaw to kill that narrative. Respectfully ☺️
I saw a thread on here about the different residency specialties being paid the same (surgery vs IM) when the workload isn’t the same and I just think we’ve again started fighting amongst ourselves instead of demanding better treatment and pay from ACGME. 🤷🏽♀️
Doctoring during the holidays is… hella depressing. I don’t remember a single season since starting this journey that my time was my own. Taking care of myself but definitely in the dumps
8 years since my dad passed away from sudden cardiac death. I stand here proudly wearing his name and achieving the goals we set. Living the life he KNEW I would.
My parents did a damn good job and I am forever grateful to them both. Everyday I aim to make them proud AF.
Black patient: oh my God doctor!! You’re black?! I feel so much at ease to see you today! I have no complaints! Bless you
Me: that’s why God put me here
In kindergarten my teachers thought I couldn’t talk 😂 in high school I got in trouble for talking too much.
Now im being invited to speak.
In medicine we’re ‘trained’ to fit a mold. I say, be authentically you, and show the world
#WhatADoctorLooksLike
#BlackGirlMagic
My mother retired last week at age 65. The first in our family to ‘retire’. She got up this morning and went to work at a different job to help me afford the tens of thousands of dollars it’s gonna cost me to move cross country for fellowship. All she knows is hard work
#FirstGen
Hello New Followers!! I created this page to share my journey through residency, advocacy, and now cardiology fellowship as a black and openly gay physician with a dope sneaker collection😝. Thank you for being here! Cheers to 2000!
Another one.
Chief year is over. My time in Miami has come to an end and what a time it was! To every educator, mentor, patient, and student who’s crossed my path, thank you. You’ve made me better. My heart is full. ♥️
What’s the utility of screening for THC in routine drug tests? I just took a drug test for a moonlighting gig and it got me curious as to if there is ANY acute medical condition that requires us to know that a pt consumes? Is this another example of systemic racism? Thoughts?
Happy National Black Women Physicians Day!! In celebration and in honor of Rebecca Lee Crumpler MD, we continue to be our ancestors wildest dreams ❤️
@EmareeCobbMD
@MKhandker_MD
1000 followers 🥹 I’m grateful you all chose to follow me on this journey. 🫀A little black girl from North Nashville, 1st gen physician, and future cardiology fellow. I will keep sharing this journey to cardiology and beyond as transparently as possible. Black Girls are Magic ✨
A lot of people have responded to this tweet saying:
-that’s your problem
-no one told you to be a doctor
-you already make enough money
And it really just sheds so much light on the fact that most don’t even see physicians as human beings. Doctors don’t ‘deserve’ support. 🙃
I think what Im most excited for with starting fellowship, is another opportunity to engage black students, learners, and patients. I am slowly becoming everything that I needed when I was a child.
Kept seeing the Cardiology fellowship match composites from ‘elite institutions’ and you know what sticks out the most to me? The actual ABSENCE of diversity. Which made me peruse a few websites and I was not surprised to discover the lack of diversity throughout the department🙃
#Match2023
!! When doing your rank list try to remember these things:
1. Rank your top choice
#1
no matter how ‘competitive’ or impractical
2. Rank using metrics important for you! For me: diversity, international experiences, meals, call schedule
In 2022 I started to buy myself flowers weekly. I recently starting taking that a step further and making myself bouquets. I’m getting better at it 🙃
#SelfLove
2900 followers!!!
Thank you to my new followers for joining me on this journey through medicine, as first gen, 🏳️🌈, black cardiology fellow! Equity is a radical act.
tweets are my own ♥️
Walked into work and found a thank you email from one of the
@UmJmhIMRes
applicants that I interviewed.
“To see someone who looked like me on the other side of the camera was quite literally, everything.”
Diversity in medical leadership… matters
#BlackExcellence
#BlackDoctor
@anitagr
Maybe. But as we learn in this field, the day to day is not guaranteed. The only information I have is todays information. Nothing future tense is promised. Have a good day
‼️This post is not political, it’s empathic, it’s heartbroken, it’s helpless… despair.
3 children (age 9) and 3 educators in my hometown of Nashville TN were killed today… IN SCHOOL.
I wont apologize and I wont explain, but I’d like to make my position perfectly clear‼️
In residency, I found my passion, my voice, and my confidence. The transitions weren’t easy but I was supported! I just wanted to say Thank You to
@SabrinaTaldone
(one of our APDs) who has gone out of her way to support me and help me grow into the doctor and human I am today. 💐
Being the first doctor in my family sounds glamorous but in reality I wish I didn't have to be the pioneer. Would have been nice to have a mentor in the family who could guide me along the way. But we making it! PGY 3 started today with a 24hr cardiology call 🥰
Experiencing
#ACC23
with my co-chief
@QuentinLoydMD
was the biggest highlight for me! We started this journey in 2019 as interns, did our chief year together and now we part ways, but both as cardiology fellows. 🫀Our ancestors are proud.✊🏾
@ACCinTouch
#DiversityandInclusion
Walked in to consent my patient for cath and as I’m explaining the procedure the patients wife interrupts to say, “Dr Porter you have no idea how much better I feel seeing your face.”
Yes, they’re black. Because black folks have CAD and need black interventionalists 🙃
#thankful
Honestly, I did not for a second realize how impactful my social media presence has been. Thank you to everyone at
#ACC23
that took the time to stop me, introduce yourself, and share your journey! I am honored! We family now lol
Diversifying cardiology takes us all!
@ACCinTouch
15 days into my interventional cardiology rotation. Today I did 4… FOUR unassisted (but supervised 😜) coronary angiograms 😎. More and more confirmation that IC is the career for me!!
#WomenInInterventionalCards
#womenInCardiology
1500 followers?
When I joined MedTwitter I was afraid of how I’d be received or that I wouldn’t know what to say to the first gen and minority (soon to be) doctors that I hoped to be a voice for BUT here we are! Fabulous as ever! Thank you all for following me on this journey!❤️
Residency applicants!!! Best of luck to you all on this interview trail! There’s no one on the planet like you, so be you and know it’s enough for the place you’re destined to train!!
#Match2023
#ResidentPhysicians
#BlackExcellence
I make $838/mo less as a cardiology PGY4 than I did as a VA QI chief. “Is it worth it?” Is a loaded question 🫠🤣🤣😭. Residents and fellows DESERVE to make more money. That’s the tweet
I didnt get where I am by trying to fit the mold or blending in. I realize opportunities may miss me due to being 1000% unwilling to compromise on my personal morals and ethics and I am totally fine with that. The people and jobs that will find me will be meant for me.
#peace
For YEARS I was afraid to lock my hair because of the perception of what ‘professional’ looks like in medicine.
I’m 2 years in and loving every second! 3.6.21 ♾️
The way my hair grows from my scalp is NOT unprofessional. It’s actually kinda dope 🔥
Had the amazing opportunity to speak to high school students today as part of the Humanity In Healthcare Summit with Miami Dade College. THIS is where I feel alive. I’ll never pass up an opportunity to show kids who look like me, how much is possible even for us!! ❤️❤️
Deadline Extended: Apply for the ACC’s
#InternalMedicine
2023 Programs by Jan. 3!
"You won't regret it," says
@KadijahPorterMD
. “...I inherited a team of mentors, a network that I didn’t otherwise have.” Learn more ️➡️
#ACCDiversity
It’s the subtle head nod from my black colleagues, janitors, support staff etc when passing in the halls at work that really keep me going. It’s the nonverbal acknowledgment the ‘I See you Sis’ for Meeeeeee 🥰🥰🥰
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackDoctorsMatter
#BLM
Hello and welcome to all my new followers! You’ve found the Twitter of a first gen IM resident turned chief and cardiology🫀 hopeful! Hoping my personality comes across in my tweets. I want to elevate humanity in medicine above all else! Please no DMs for Med advice! ❤️
My mom won’t get vaccinated. My brothers won’t get vaccinated and in turn my nieces and nephews are not vaccinated. I counsel patients daily to make informed decisions on vaccines and most get vaccinated. My family tho? Won’t listen
#FirstGenProblems
The deeper I get into Legacy x
@uche_blackstock
the more seen and validated I feel. Black women in medicine are so scarce it’s so very hard to find a mentor who can validate the difficulty and bias black women trainees feel in medicine. Thank you Uché. 🥹
Look who I ran into at
#ACC23
! Dr Carter an interventional Cardiologist at The University of Colorado!! In a few months this program will be my new home!! So excited to start this journey with such great mentorship!
@DrJECJrMD
@ACCinTouch
#BlackInCardiology
#Mentorship
1900?!
Welcome to all my new followers!! So happy to have you on this journey with me!! Diversifying medicine one tweet, mentee, and initiative at a time!!
Xoxo
Your Cardio Loc Doc!
Very proud of this 4 chamber view 😂. Had a wonderful time volunteering with the youth during this Stem Saturday at
@UmJmhIMRes
especially since the topic was a personal favorite the 🫀🫀. Be who you needed when you were younger
#KPLuhDaKids
#StemSaturdays
Happy official ‘pre’
#MatchDay2023
!! I pray everyone is opening emails filled with good news!!!! And if you didn’t get good news DM me and let me know how I can be a resource to you!
I started this journey wanting to wear a cape for my community and all POCs but I’ve struggled so much.. training to be a physician. I just hope there’s a pot (literally and figuratively) at the end of this rainbow because I am so tired. 🫠
#Residency
#Fellowship
#mentalHealth
Today I received recognition from my chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc 🐘🔺for my outreach work in the community. Leaving this network of like minded women, is probably going to be the hardest part of my transition to Denver 🥹. AOML
Attendings… let’s do away with the ‘that’s what I had to go through so y’all need to endure it too’ speeches because believe me when I say I’m going to do everything I can to help residents/fellows have it BETTER than I did.
@bfhermann
Glad you’re humored. No ones complaining about a specific dollar amount. It’s the fact that 2 weeks ago as an ‘attending’ I was paid my worth vs entering training I’m ‘demoted’ again.