Melody Glenn, MD MFA
@MGlennEM
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EM/EMS/Addiction Doc @UAZMedTucson | MFA @MillsMFALit | @Tin_House Wkshp ‘20 | MOTHER OF METHADONE forthcoming 2025 @BeaconPressBks | @aylazeef @GoldinAgency
Tucson
Joined April 2016
Thanks to everyone @MillsMFALit, my first reader @aaminaahmad, @ArizonaMFA, @Tin_House workshop, @haharuffo for many edits, @aylazeef for her overall brilliance and dedication to this project, @HaleyDLynch @BeaconPressBks, and all my addiction and harm reduction colleagues! 🙏
✨new deal✨ So thrilled that @MGlennEM’s thoughtful, prescient braided memoir about complicated women doctors who have fought for their patients throughout the course of this long, long opioid crisis has landed with @BeaconPressBks !
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We’ve tried RFK Jr’s wellness farms before—they didn’t work for opioid addiction. You know what does? Methadone.
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RT @ValeriaLuiselli: A parable: the early Romans called the Mediterranean the Mare Magum, or Great Sea. Later, as Rome spread, they called…
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RT @PrisonPolicy: A reminder ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration: No, having 34 felony convictions does not stop him from being president.…
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RT @jbwashing: I wrote about the CIA collaborating with University of Arizona officials and spying on Latino student groups in the 1960s.…
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RT @National_usu: Happening this evening, patients are acting up for methadone! Come through and add your voice to the movement! https://t.…
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This is such an honor! Congrats to all my co-awardees.
Congrats to all the winners of the #NAEMSP2025 President’s Award! Melody Glenn, MD (@MGlennEM) Anjni P. Joiner, DO, MPH, FACEP, FAEMS (@AnjniJoiner) Joseph Grover, MD, FAEMS (@JGroverEMSDoc) Joseph Zalkin, BSHS, Paramedic, FAEMS (@jzalkin) Diane Miller, MD, FAEMS, FACEP
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RT @DrSarahWakeman: We found addiction consultation associated w/ increased MAUD & MOUD receipt, decreased risk of 30-day readmission. New…
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RT @DavidJuurlink: For those contemplating a detox or cleanse in the new year, here’s a toxicologist’s explanation of how they work: They…
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RT @parisreview: “Anyone who writes is a seeker. You look at a blank page and you’re seeking. The role is assigned to us and never removed.…
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RT @TheAmScho: In our Winter issue, @jesselkercheval describes what it is like to learn a second language later in life.
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Is your prehospital agency developing an EMS-bupe program? Or do you want to? Then now is the perfect time to think about how you'll measure it's effectiveness with quality improvement! @maiadorsett @rpcrowe @NAEMSP @MikeTaigman @LizSamuels @DonofrioGail
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RT @ValeriaLuiselli: For 5 years we've been recording the sounds of the US-Mexico borderlands. We are thrilled to share material from our o…
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Historian @Steven_Mintz suggests that addiction treatment incorporate literature and art to address the existential aspects of addiction & "help individuals reconnect with their humanity, develop a richer understanding of their personal narratives and envision new futures."
The Human Face of Addiction: Addiction through the lens of the arts and the humanities.
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It was an honor to participate in #AMAC24, meeting with federal lawmakers to discuss legislation to #TreatAddictionSaveLives with @ASAMorg. Thanks for meeting with us, @SenMarkKelly @SenatorSinema @RepRaulGrijalva @RepDavid
To beat the addiction & overdose crisis our country must take strategic actions to maintain telemedicine access to addiction medications; modernize access to methadone treatment for opioid use disorder & cover residential addiction treatment under Medicare
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Thank you @RepRaulGrijalva for meeting with us @ASAMorg and discussing how Congress can expand access to evidence-based care. #AMAC24 #treatAddictionSaveLives!
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"Their presence on those trips also changed the way I do science, and for the better," -- whether artist or scientist, it's time to disrupt the false dichotomy of excelling at career vs motherhood
Expeditions can be hard to maneuver as a mother & scientist. Intense & exciting to have my essay published in @nytimes exploring how Expeditions can be an Academic Act of Defiance Mapping fungi w/family @spununderground @nytopinion: (photo 2011, Kenya)
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