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Resident @UMNNeurosurgery . Co-founder @BeaconPDT . On a quest to cure #GBM and build tech to level global surgical inequality. 🇮🇳x🇺🇸

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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Follow @BeaconPDT for updates about Beacon, our upcoming implantable platform for photodynamic therapy for brain cancer! Excited to share the awesome research + device work we’ve been doing with the rest of the world…coming soon! #glioblastoma #braincancer
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Make hospital food free for med students
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1 year
The exact moment I decided not to do cardiology: Note: “The patient has a complex AF history.” Me: “damn straight, hella complex” Attending: “no, it means complex Atrial fibrillation…”
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Stayed down till I came up, I did it I did it I did it #match2023
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2 years
Saw a medical student sporting a “Please do not confuse your Google search with my medical degree” mug. Umm...sir, I’m in medical school and I can guarantee that the vast majority of what I know comes from googling stuff.
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3 years
UWorld questions escalate so fast. Patient presents with mild fever and runny nose. Has history of HIV, Hepatocellular carcinoma, TB, and has an episode of actually dying in the past 6 months. What is the likely pathogen?…okay first, chill.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
I have never once had to calculate how a block moves down a frictionless ramp at an angle theta in medical school.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Yesterday, I reviewed immunodeficiencies and glomerulonephropathies for the 108285027058304858 time. And yet today, what questions do I get wrong? Immunodeficiencies and glomerulonephropathies.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
When I showed my residency app before sub-I season to 3 neurosurgeons I respected, I was called delusional and told to not even consider applying. F**k EVERYONE who won’t believe in you, or if the odds are stacked against you. You believe in you, and will yourself to success.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
So humbled to say that I’ll be heading home, to my alma mater, at the University of Minnesota for Neurosurgery Residency. Excited to train and serve the community that raised me, while pursuing a mission to change the world.
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1 year
Open question for everyone in #MedTwitter : How do you mentally get over mistakes as a resident while continuing to build confidence in yourself in the future?
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Please send me your prayers and blessings for STEP 2 on Thursday!
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3 years
I’m so grateful for all physicians that teach medical students with interest and passion. Seeing this passion in mentors can often be why people select a certain field or not.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
When I started my research year, I had one accepted paper. Today, after thousands of hours of grinding, teaching myself how to code in R, running stats, I am at 21 hard-earned accepted papers, with another 15 papers under peer review, 18 papers under prep. #nothingisimpossible
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
I have published papers on ischemic spinal strokes but I continue to get questions wrong on spinal stroke syndromes on UWorld. I have failed myself. Bro just read your own paper.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Don’t understand medical students who get competitive with research and school. The competition has always been and forever will be “me vs. me.” Medicine succeeds when we all are at our best.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
After my first residency interview today, I’ve decided to abandon “traditional” preparation for future interviews, do more introspection in place of rehearsal, and trust myself and my passion to come through about taking care of patients with 🧠 disorders naturally.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
I’ve aged like 30 years while I’ve been in med school. Don’t even recognize the pictures from my white coat ceremony.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
PSA: the medical school you graduate from has no bearing on how great of a physician you can become. That’s entirely dependent on how hard you work, your skill, and your EQ. You can hone and perfect these things no matter where you are.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Shout out to all the medical students who don’t have home residency programs in their specialty of interest but still grind hard daily to get better clinically, work hard for research projects, and network with faculty.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Signed my residency contract! Aight, folks it’s actually happening! Neurosurgery, here we go!
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Just finished STEP 2. Not sure how I feel. Ran out of time on the first and the last block, and felt like there were quite a few questions where either I just screwed up or was stuck between two answers. We shall see what the lord has planned soon!
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Went from 0 pending projects and 1 publication from undergrad at the beginning of my research year to 27 published manuscripts at the conclusion of my research year. Two big things that helped me: investing time in learning statistics fundamentals, and learning how to code.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
So excited to say that I have completed this application cycle. The completion is my achievement, the result is up to divine grace. Best of luck to all folks participating in the Match this year! #match2023
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1 year
I used to think I worked hard and then I started residency
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Dear residency programs, please give me interviews and love me back, thanks, Anant. #match2023
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Anant Naik, MD
11 months
Month 5 of neurosurgery residency, completed. The surgical ICU is a very tough place - seeing patients suffering from complex surgical and medical issues, and doing your best to help them heal. Helps to have great coresidents and seniors to teach you how to navigate that darkness
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1 year
Every time I have the privilege of saying “incision” at the beginning of a case as I wield the 10-blade to make the first cut, I am struck with this sense of awe: holy shit, I’m a surgeon.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Trying to get connected to neurosurgery folks on Twitter for connections, collabs, mentorship and general wisdom. If you’re connected to neurology or neurosurgery in some way, whatever level of training, like this tweet so I can follow you! #neurotwitter #neurosurgerytwitter
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1 year
First day as a PGY-1 resident on the neurosurgery service on Tuesday. What are some things you wish you had known on your first day? #neurosurgery
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Tips for neurosurgery subIs (and other rotating students), a brief 🪡 , from a person that did 4+ back-to-back Sub-Is.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
I think future premeds should major in comp-sci and some business minor/major to best prepare them for the future of medicine. Also creates a pathway for a career outside of medicine if your interests change or you take a couple gap years.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Relationships are temporary. Publications are forever… At least that’s what I’m telling myself today.
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1 year
I know nothing, I suck at everything, yet I love it. This field is for me. #neurosurgery
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Good to be back home! #official #umnproud #LFG
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Excited to share this open workshop to the broader NSGY and Neurology community hosted by our @AANSNeuro chapter. Open for residents, faculty, med students. Sign up on the QR Code/Link for more info!
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
This month went by too fast! On to the next rotation!
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
I convinced my neurosurgery attending that “Lil uzi vert” is a cervical neurovascular complication
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Asking a medical student to pay $500 bucks to register for a conference they’re presenting research at…seems awful. This doesn’t even include travel, stay, etc.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
I will die on this hill. @AANSNeuro should make their conference registration free for medical students, like @CNS_Update . Also, not having released any abstract decisions, medical students have to cough up $149 now or risk paying >$400 later to just register.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
About to start neurosurgery residency but still have no idea how to treat a cold and rely on my mom’s home remedies. Does it change ever?
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Anant Naik, MD
4 years
@amybarnhorst “Complicate things for you and your colleague” sounds like a threat to me, one that he has no grounds to make. Definitely report to Springer and home academic institutions!
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Finished my last rotation of medical school! *applause*
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
COMLEX sounds like a powder my Indian mom would put into my milk when I was younger to make me taller and smarter.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Very excited to share a total of 15 abstracts and oral presentations accepted for presentation at @CNS_Update . Excited to meet the neurosurgery community and share the awesome work by our team of students. #cns2022
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Anant Naik, MD
11 months
I can’t explain in words the feeling when you see a patient you treated when they were very sick in the ICU come back in clinic looking healthy and happy. “Satisfaction”, “gratitude”, “amazement” are words that don’t do this feeling justice.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Done w/ another subI at @umnmedschool !
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Excited to share our team’s publication in Neurosurgery on global TBI outcomes and socioeconomic correlates. Grateful for our mentors at @ILLINOISmed and @IcahnMountSinai . Lots more to come!
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Excited to start intern year with this group of brilliant surgical interns! 🔪 @umnmedschool @UMNSurgery @umnneurosurgery @UMNUrology #UMNplasticsurgert #umnproud
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Grateful for two accepted papers today, one letter to the editor on unsupervised machine learning to @NeurosurgeryCNS and one study on idiopathic spine strokes published in @SNInt ! #pathwayto100papers
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Anant Naik, MD
4 years
In high school, Anytime my mom saw me stressed out for tests, she used to bring me a few watermelon slices and coffee. I’ve recently realized how much I took that for granted back then. To add to nostalgia, I cut up my own watermelon and made coffee. I miss you, mom.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Call me on my Spine phone, late night when you need that consult. #hotlinebling #sixgod
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Someone should train a GPT on UpToDate. Finally can get some answers instead of scrolling through a 75-page document on guidelines. #ai #ChatGPT
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
I was grateful to present at the Illinois State Neurosurgical Society about my research on DBS for Depression this past weekend. Thanks to a wonderful event by the society.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Earlier this year, our @AANSNeuro chapter at @ILLINOISmed hosted a 4-hour “Introduction to Clinical Statistics” crash course for medical students, residents, faculty. We covered using R for meta-analysis and patient-data studies. RT/👍🏽 if you’d attend the next one if made public.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
I was fortunate to win one of the top abstract awards for my presentation on unsupervised machine learning for spinal cord injury functional outcomes at #spinesummit @spinesection . Looking forward to more interesting work coming out of our Spine Group w/ @cimednsgy @ILLINOISmed
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Excited to share our publication evaluating the geographical disparities in women in #Neurosurgery . Grateful for the mentorship of @NeurosurgeryRE , @mtlawton , Dr. Snyder, and Dr. Arnold. #Womeninneurosurgery @WINSneurosurge1 , @TheJNS
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2 years
I’m having way more fun actually doing engineering and device design/development in neurosurgery than I have ever had doing chart review projects and reviews/meta-analyses.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
As I start submitting abstracts to the @AANSNeuro ’s #AANS2023 conference, I wanted to reaffirm the importance of making conference more accessible to med students by removing conference registration fees. Read our LOE published in @WorldNeurosurg :
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2 years
Me: “This is Mr. John Smith…” Surgeon: *puzzled* Me: “65 y/o M…” Surgeon: *puzzled* Me: “POD 4 for C3-6 lami-“ Surgeon: “Ah yes yes I know this patient very well”
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
So excited to share that our start-up, Beacon, is advancing to the finals for the COZAD Ventures challenge! Just the beginning - lots more to do. #glioblastoma #access @ILLINOISmed
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
We need more engineers in medicine - the future of the digital and technological revolution in medicine and surgery depends on it. If you have an engineering background and are debating/considering medical school, let me assure you that you are needed.
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Anant Naik, MD
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Grateful that this project that I’ve been working on since my second year of medical school was finally published! We examined how node breaks and edge breaks in neural networks can simulate cognition in neurodegeneration. Excited to continue to push this forward in Neurosurgery!
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2 years
Beacon won first place in the Health Innovation track! Very exciting!
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Very grateful for our recently accepted manuscript on diagnosing radiation necrosis vs. tumor recurrence in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. We show via a diagnostic network meta-analysis of >100 studies that MR Spectroscopy has the best efficacy. #neurooncology
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1 year
Very grateful to receive the King Li Physician Innovator Award by @ILLINOISmed . Incredibly inspired, excited to continue innovation and research at @umnneurosurgery .
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2 years
For anyone that didn’t match, please tell me how I can help. Happy to read personal statements, discuss strategy, whatever you need.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Fortunate to be one of the 4 students selected for the David and Lya Neumann Foundation Research Award from Rutgers Dept. Of Neurosurgery!
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2 years
I don’t care what happens. I will never give up on my goals.
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2 years
Every day, I make a list of approx. 20 things to get done. And by the end of the day, I have a list of 50 things to get done.
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2 years
Excited to share that Beacon won third in the COZAD New Ventures Challenge! Excellent work to all the other teams - amazing to see such great ideas and meet inspiring students and entrepreneurs.
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Started the new year with 2 published papers and 3 newly accepted manuscripts. Good sign from God! 🙏🏾 🕉 Har har mahadev!
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Anant Naik, MD
11 months
The neurosurgery boyz at @umnmedschool / @umnneurosurgery
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Congratulations to @GobiBah1 for winning the DEI Abstract Award for our abstract on TBI clinical trials! Grateful to @CNS_Update for featuring our work.
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Excited to share this newly published paper reviewing the state of CSF biomarkers for ischemic stroke, in @IJMS_MDPI . Grateful for mentorship from @AshuPJadhav , Dr. Jha, Dr. Catapano, @EWinklerMDPhD and all co-authors at @BarrowNeuro .
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
It’s my distinct pleasure to announce that I’m dropping out from medical school to pursue my dream to become an NBA player and rapper.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
As soon as I got my MD, my family started asking me sophisticated questions like, “is there anything I can take for a stomachache” and “how do I get my cough better.” Can’t help with that but I can answer basic questions like what the branches of the external carotid artery are!
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
When I started my research year, we had maybe a case report or two coming out of the Department of Neurosurgery a year. We assembled a team of bright students and forged the right connections. Now, we are on our way to submitting the 15th manuscript this year. #teamwork #nsgy
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Pre-op, post-op, transfer to ICU, and discharge orders - done successfully and (mostly independently) by yours truly, for the very first time in my life. #smallwins
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3 years
Very excited to meet fellow medical students and faculty mentors while on Sub-Is! #match2023
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There are more systematic reviews on ML in neurosurgery than actual papers using ML
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
(1) Do not *try* to stand out. Instead, focus on learning the most you can, helping the team however you can, and contributing to the care of patients in the service. Do this with diligence, humility and gratitude - you will stand out in the way you intend.
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2 years
Now that I’m here, what advice do current residents and faculty have for fostering success in residency? #Neurosurgery #match2023
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Anant Naik, MD
4 years
So excited to announce that I was elected Student Body President of my medical school. Very excited to continue advocating for students and connect with other students in student gov at other medical schools.
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2 years
Got to shake hands with THE legend, Dr. Robert Spetzler, at #CNS2022 . @BarrowNeuro @CNS_Update
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It’s so refreshing seeing posts by mentors that celebrate the success of their mentees, especially as it pertains to helping students match into neurosurgery. Speaking as someone with fantastic mentors, there are countless hours behind mentorship too. Can’t wait to pay it forward
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1 year
Grateful to be featured on this article by @ILLINOISmed , and excited to continue advancing research at @umnneurosurgery !
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U of M Neurosurgery
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Physician-Innovator Dr. Anant Naik Blazes a Trail and Designs a Transcranial Implant Designed to Extend the Lives of Brain Tumor Patients | #UMN2023NsgyResident |
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
As the @AANSNeuro #AANS2022 conference starts, I wanted to share this newly published Letter, published in World Neurosurgery. @DavidTKrist , @SarahMerrillms , @NathanShlobin and I discuss how conference registration fees can be prohibitive for students. /🧵
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2 years
Excited to share that my research project investigating the impact of BMI on cervical spine surgery was selected for a podium presentation at the Cervical Spine Research Society national meeting! Looking forward to meeting mentors at @CSRS_org !
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Eating Taco Bell is an act of self love and self harm simultaneously
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Reminder to self: people don’t become fit and lose weight overnight. It takes months to years of daily healthy/good decisions, and a lot of self-love and self-forgiveness.
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Residency Matchmaking, the sequel to Indian Matchmaking, where Sima from Mumbai is replaced with ERAS from AAMC.
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Congrats to my younger brother who graduated from the @UMNews with a Bachelors in Computer Engineering! He’s off to @UofIllinois @uofigrainger for his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering next - best wishes, Akshay!
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Anant Naik, MD
1 year
Nothing more desi then making Maggi noodles and chai with the family in a rest area on a river-side drive!
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Anant Naik, MD
3 years
Had a paper flatly rejected today that I felt great about. For each step towards the sky, there is also a acceleration back down to earth. Good to remind ourselves not to be discouraged by setbacks, but to embrace failure, make marginal improvements and keep going. #science
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3 years
Seeing all these inspiring #match2022 stories gives me hope and enthusiasm for this coming year. Looking forward to awesome away rotations, and the #match2023 application cycle!
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
People assume with my engineering background that I use Schrodinger’s equation and multivariable calculus to solve day-to-day problems, when in fact, I just think of creative ways to attach duck tape to hold things together.
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Anant Naik, MD
2 years
Note to self: put the reflex hammer in a check in bag, so as to avoid unnecessarily explaining the full neurological exam to a TSA agent.
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Anant Naik, MD
4 years
Loneliness and depression are the next pandemic our medical community need to tackle next.
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2 years
Excited to share our new paper on sports-related SCI functional recovery. Great work to our team and grateful for our mentors from @ILLINOISmed and @VanderbiltU . Read the full paper here:
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