Christina La Gamma, M.D.
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PGY1 @PennStHersh | MRSP Fellow @NIH 22-23’| @BarnardCollege alumn| 🪴mom,📚store & ☕️shop lover| she/her
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Introducing Dr. Christina Teresa La Gamma, M.D. 🩺
Words cannot describe the depth of feeling in this journey. I am so grateful for my friends, family, mentors, and partner lifting me up along the way.
Excited to begin my career as a physician & continue serving patients.
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Dreams do come true! 🎉🎉
Next month, I am starting a yearlong research fellowship
@NIH
, as part of the Medical Research Scholars Program.
I am so excited to be joining
@NeuroTejeda
’s lab to study 🧠 circuitry & neuromodulation of motivational behavior in psychiatric disease.
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I’m seeing a lot of ladies on here today sharing that they matched into
#neurosurgery
and it makes me 🤩
#Match2023
#WomenInSTEM
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Thrilled to be attending my first
@AANSNeuro
conference in sunny LA.
Even more excited for this year's theme of
#Neurosurgeons
as Advocates. Check out our schedule here: .
#AANS2023
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It was an honor to give a podium talk today at my first
#AANS2023
on neuropeptide control in reward learning and motivation! It’s truly a team effort.
Thankful for mentors like
@NeuroTejeda
&
@Bravo0884
who help make this journey possible.
@AANSNeuro
@NIMHgov
@CCMedEd
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I'm thrilled to share my paper comparing antidepressant and prophylactic ketamine's effects on GABAergic inhibitory markers in the hippocampus. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project!
@DrChristineAnnD
@josie_mcgowan
@rab2194
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New professional
#headshot
and
#profilepicture
courtesy of Paul Nguyen.
@UCSFAnesthesia
you have a talented photographer in your hands!
Good luck to an incredible intern and friend! Thank you
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It has already been a month since I started my MRSP program at
@NIH
, and have learned so much.
Top of the list: stereotactic NAc injections, followed by intro to patch clamp recordings. 🐭🧠🤘🏼
Thank you
@NeuroTejeda
for this opportunity to learn in your lab.
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Excited for Gitanjali Bhushan,
@PennStHershey
medical student and incoming
#MRSP
at the
@NIH
.
As I wrap up my final weeks before returning to medical school, it was a pleasure catching up to share experiences from the year. Lots to look forward to!
@CCMedEd
#passingthebaton
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Had an incredible time at the
@WINSneurosurge1
Gala last night.
It was a pleasure connecting with friends and meeting leaders in the field.
#AANS2023
@AANSNeuro
@DoctorQMd
@grosseaumd
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Just learned about while on my
#neurocriticalcare
#ICU
rotation. EVD and A-line management has never been more neatly explained
@nickmmark
#Medstudenttwitter
#MedTwitter
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Thank you to
@NeurosurgUCSF
and
@Medtronic
for hosting an incredible spine lab this past weekend. We learned so much!
#happysubIs
#skillslab
@EmreKiziltug
& twitter-less Ryan Lowder ⚒️
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It’s been a privilege to learn here, studying mechanisms of motivation and psychiatric disease.
@NeuroTejeda
IT’S MRSP MONDAY 🥳
Meet 2022-2023 MRSP Scholar, Christina LaGamma from
@penn_state
college of Medicine. Ms. LaGamma is completing her MRSP experience
@NIMHgov
exploring the role of dopamine D3 receptor signaling in motivation and limbic structure networks.
#NIHMRSP
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From the east coast to the west coast, it was so fun working with you in the OR again
@samer_zammar
. All the best on your spine fellowship!
@PennStNeurosurg
@NeurosurgUCSF
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Penn State students take
#AANS2023
! With
@debaratibhanja
, Anna Tarren, and Jin Hong.
Proud to be part of a strong network.
@PennStHershey
@PennStNeurosurg
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Proud passing the baton moment.
I found
@JeanPaulBryant
through
#medtwitter
and he coached me as I applied & got accepted to NIH’s MRSP program.
@CCMedEd
@AlexandraFirek
found me with a similar goal. Congrats on your now acceptance to this program!
#mentorship
#payitforward
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Grants on grants on grants. Who else gets to dance with their PI in between writing?
@DrChristineAnnD
#coolPI
#dancebreak
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Congrats
@debaratibhanja
on a fantastic presentation comparing outcomes in early vs. late decompressive craniectomies.
@AANSNeuro
We are
@PennStHershey
🐾
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Thrilled to be attending
#ASSFN2022
in Atlanta, GA! Can’t wait to see what the next three days hold
@ASSFNeurosurg
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NIH MRSP students take
#AANS2203
, with
@MartinAArhin
@D_mcauliffe
.
Grateful for the opportunity to share work from our
#researchyears
!
@CCMedEd
@AANSNeuro
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Thanks to
@LabCarlson
& Dr. Lakshmi Devi for the opportunity to serve as a panelist in the
#WCBR2023
School Outreach Program, discussing careers in
#neuroscience
with eager high school students.
The mountains weren't our only inspiration today! 🧠
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Not a bad Saturday morning when your Godmother and fellow
@BarnardCollege
alumna texts you a picture saying “look what I found in the winter magazine issue”. Grateful for the feature! Lots more to be done
@barnardalumnae
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Substance use & other psychiatric disorders deserve the same compassion and understanding as any other medical condition. Criticizing someone else's child on public tv for an illness they struggle with is dehumanizing and is one of the many morally repugnant comments made tonight
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It was a pleasure getting to work with such brilliant and hard-working people!
Thanks
@cgamma4
@PennStNeurosurg
@anjalipradhan95
@JustKoforit
@UCLANsgy
@jcpetitt_med
@UHCLENeurosurg
@CleClinicNS
for spending time with us
@HopkinsNsurg
Looking forward to all the great things you'll contribute to
#nsgy
in the future!
@WINSneurosurge1
@amsobns
@AANSDiversity
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My medical school
#goals
just peaked: In the
#adaptivedance
program I'm teaching for PM&R patients
@PennStHershey
, we did a choreographed routine tonight to
@PrinceRoyce
's bachata remake of "Stand By me"
#futuredoctorswhodance
💃💃
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The sheer intrigue and excitement of walking ✨inside & around✨ temporal lobe epilepsy leads within a human brain model.
#VR
#augmentation
#DBS
@Brainlab
#ASSFN2022
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Join me tomorrow 10/19 at 5:30pm EST with & Gitanjali as we discuss our experiences in the
@NIH
's Medical Research Scholars Program, a professional development program for future clinician-scientists.
@CCMedEd
@PennStHershey
@PSUresearch
Link:
Dm for pw
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The stereotax is my happy place.
First cohort of intracranial NAc viral injections today ✔️🐭🧠
Jazzed when labmates stop by and say “hello future surgeon” ☺️
#researchyear
#medicalschool
#MedTwitter
#neuroscience
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How cool is it to attend a
#medicalschool
that truly prioritizes humanism in training?
Now on exhibit, alongside many other talented students, above the
@PennStHershey
medical center lobby.
#futuredoctorswhodance
#humanisminmedicine
#hobbiesinmedicine
#artandmedicine
#ballroom
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Hey
@PennStHershey
, recognize these two 3rd graders?
One (L) is starting in your General Surgery residency program
@PSU_Surgery
.
The other (R) is applying to residency next year!
We haven’t seen each other since. Thanks for helping us reconnect.
@brittanyncuff
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Becoming a clinician-scientist, as an MD/non-PhD student, can sometimes be weird bc we don’t fit into either category.
Thankful to peers who remind me that painting on a blank canvas is a long term process & we wouldn’t be here w/o years of striving.
#researchyear
#neuroscience
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In medical school we are taught to honor the body, including all physical, mental, and emotional aspects. That should not preclude me from loving and being confident in my own.
#MedBikini
#MedTwitter
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If a white medical school applicant is going to be afraid of applying to an institution that has a black PD, what kind of doctor are they going to be when taking care of a black patients in the future? That’s a pretty illogical justification antithetical to our oath
#DNRTulane
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As
@JLo
said on World of Dance, "I've got GOOSIES!"
Except this time, it's about residency. My friends have all matched into their dream specialties and I couldn't be more happier for them.
Can't wait to see where everyone will end up this Friday.
#Match2023
#MedTwitter
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After nearly 5 months away from the
@PennStHershey
OR, due to boards studying and finishing clerkships, it warms my heart to be welcomed back by the surgical team and OR nurses saying “Of course we remember you. It’s good to have you back”
#Neurosurgery
#brainnerd
🧠
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What a way to end the week! First full day on L&D and I helped bring 5 little babies into the world today, 3 C-sections and 2 vaginal deliveries 🎉
#OB
#clerkships
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After recovering from COVID-19 infection, I chose to get the
@moderna_tx
vaccine to ensure protection for my family, friends, and future patients I'll be working with next month. Thank you to the researchers and frontline workers who made this possible
@PennStHershey
#IGotTheShot
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I am grateful for mentors who tell me “Don’t you dare change your dream. You keep on swinging until you get there”.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#NationalDoctorsDay
#WomenInMedicine
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Today in the OR I was given the nickname
#Gammaknife
.
Fitting, in hopes of performing gamma knife some day for patients.
#brainnerd
#MedTwitter
🦸🏻♀️ 🧠🔪
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Can’t believe the day has finally come. After five years working in Christine’s lab
@ColumbiaPsych
, I’ll be starting medical school
@PennStHershey
this July! Thank you for the years, lessons, and memories 💙
#kcrewforlife
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These are the faces of your future doctors of America advocating for expanded residency positions through increased GME funding
@AMAmedstudents
#AMA
#MARCmadness
#advocacy
#education
#healthpolicy
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Congratulations to all of the MS1’s
@PennStHershey
who completed their MSK exam today, finishing their first year of medical school all during a pandemic!!! That’s an amazing feat
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Starting off 2021 with good news:
Delighted to be a Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine grant recipient, teaching a new adaptive dance program, starting this month, to patients at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Hospital here
@PennStHershey
#movementasmedicine
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From being hall mates as freshmen, to working together for 4 years in
@DrChristineAnnD
's laboratory at
#NYSPI
, to skydiving, dining, and laughing through it all, Barnard fosters the strongest of friendships and professional partnerships
@josie_mcgowan
Josephine McGowan '16, who was part of the initial group of Barnard Summer Research Institute participants, is now working in the same
@ColumbiaMed
lab as former hallmate Christina LaGamma '16.
#SRIAlumnae
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This had been my dream to come to the DC/Maryland area not only pursue excellent academic research in my program, but to train again as a dancer and nurture the creative part of my brain.
#researchyear
#MRSP
#MedTwitter
🧠💃🏻
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Thanks
@TheDrewLab
for giving me a tour of
@UTAustin
! Your neuroscience lab facilities are A++
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Incredibly proud of my colleagues back at
@ColumbiaPsych
for another fantastic publication. In the words of
@DrChristineAnnD
I "will never leave the lab" ^_^ Great job, everyone!
Our latest paper by
@DrAlessiaM
, Omid,
@josie_mcgowan
,
@cgamma4
, and
@hhunsber
is online. We’ve expanded our prophylactic
#ketamine
studies to now include testing inflammatory challenges. Excited to be included in this ketamine issue too.
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I still stand by this: residents can either make or break a rotation, and today I met a great one
#thankful
#peds
#pediatrics
#clerkships
#EDconsults
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A longstanding tradition of fishing with my family, many of whom are doctors, is where I first learned about anatomy...no joke. These are the hobbies that keep me healthy in medical school.
#MedBikini
#porgy
#sandshark
#babyshark
#fishing
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In today's Medical Ethics class:
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.
Watch your actions, they become your habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it will become your destiny.
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Apparently, we don't just help humans at hospitals.
Tried to carefully move this baby chickadee to a safer place, after finding 'em on the sidewalk, and this is where it landed next!
#MedTwitter
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This is what hard work and inspiration looks like. Congrats Dr. Potter
#Match2023
🧠👩🏻⚕️
My first job was a certified nursing assistant at 17 years old in 2014.
Today on March 17th, 2023 I was blessed to be selected as the first African American female neurosurgery resident to train at
@VUMC_Neurosurg
.
#Match2023
#Neurosurgery
#BlackGirlMagic
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Congratulations to first-year medical student Jinpyo Hong on a wonderful presentation discussing post LP hematoma development in patients on antiplatelet vs anticoag therapy!
@PennStNeurosurg
#myfirstAANS2023
#AANS2023
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Yesterday was a good day. My first moused that I virally injected into the NAc had patchable cells.
So appreciative of the grad student I work with who turned on this song and recorded me celebrating the moment.
#ilooklikeafuturesurgeon
#researchyear
#MedTwitter
🐭🧠
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Yesterday I was a standardized patient for 1st year medical students, as part of
@PennStHershey
's Communications curriculum, with facilitator
@BMcGillenMD
.
He remembered me from ~4 years ago and that I was a ballroom dancer. 💃
Truly stellar humans and educators here. ✨
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And the first ten things on my Christmas list will be:
Woohoo finally updated ths shop with all the new stuff we made for
#SfN19
(and saved since we knew we would sell out there)
About 10-20 of each kind of new brain pin and jewelry were stashed away and are now available for purchase on the website!
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How does one (very enthusiastic
#brainnerd
) even decide what case to go see tomorrow for my first day of
#neurosurgery
elective?
It's like walking into a candy store for the first time 🧠
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Thank you to
@hucm_aans
for hosting a wonderful symposium this past weekend and for the opportunity to present our research to peers passionate about the neurosciences.
#neurosurgery
#neurology
#neurocience
#neurotwitter
Hope to see you again.
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It’s so convenient to work in a lab where I can add sucrose to my Valentine’s Day rose to keep it alive!
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Very proud of our undergraduates who presented their summer research
@BarnardCollege
’s Summer Research Institute this morning!
#SRI
#proudmentor
#Dennylab
#hippocampus
#depressionstudies
#femalestudies
@ladnerliliana
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Proud to share work with
@PennStHershey
's Family Medicine Department on resident well-being & burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thank you to mentors Dr. Timothy Riley & Dr. Eric Messner et al for their project leadership and implementation.
#newpub
🚨
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Check out our very own
@MadelineBTorres
leading the Medical Student & Resident Presentations section!!
#AWSfuture21
#rolemodel
#womeninsurgery
#research
@PennStHershey
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There is nothing like doing a C-section at 1am where the attending, resident, anesthesiologist, nursing staff, med student, mom, AND baby are all women. Truly an
#empowering
moment with a bunch of
#badasswomen
.
#OB
#clerkships
#rotations
#MedStudentTwitter
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Today is the day when
@lyoder24
and I will give a presentation to
@aws_pscom
members on using Twitter as a professional tool in medical school.
We love this community and the many opportunities it has exposed us too! 💪🏼🩺🥼
#MedTwitter
#MedStudentTwitter
#careerdevelopment
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@DInclinic
@JordyGrewal
Isn’t this attitude also what keeps us from adequately advocating for fair workplace compensation in the first place? Guilting trainees to not think about financially security isn’t helpful. W/o significant salary negotiation room in residency, the standard shouldn’t be this low
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Ya girl is starting her neurosurgery elective on Monday.
Five months of being separated from the brain, after completing my OBGYN/FCM/Peds/IM/and ID rotations (and learning a lot!), & it feels like coming home. 🧠
#brainsquadforlife
#brainnerd
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And just like that, today marks the beginning of my last week of third year
#clerkships
. Rounding out the last 10 months with one more week of
#neuroICU
🧠💪🏼🩺
#MedStudentTwitter
#MedTwitter
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I really think this would add to the wellness of our campus, from one boba lover to another
@PennStHershey
#boba
#bubbletea
#wellness
🧋
My med school/hospital just got a boba machine🔥. I’m definitely suffering some emotional damage since this was added when my 4th year is almost over but will still take advantage 🧋
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Also had the opportunity to meet the incredibly brilliant
@Batton1000
and hear her present her work on DA signaling in auditory 🧠circuitry.
Ft. here: two
#neuroscientists
geeking out over our presentations and
#functionalneurosurgery
dreams.
@hucm_aans
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Felt like I nearly sent myself into SVT asking a question at the large room neuroethics plenary session, about the intersection of medicine, law, & ethicality of DBS for addiction tx, but we’re out here staying curious and applying ourselves anyway. 🙃
#firsttimer
at
#ASSFN2022
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It was a pleasure meeting members of the
@WINSneurosurge1
community yesterday. Thank you for the great conversations and inspiration!
#AANS2023
Thanks to all the WINS Faculty and Medical Student Committee members for all of their hard work promoting gender equity in the field of neurosurgery.
@AANSNeuro
Stay tuned for a guest appearance from
@DGlaucomflecken
!
#AANS2023
#MedTwitter
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The
#neurosurgery
patients I've been following this week have brightened my days.
Today, one pt shared how they looked forward to our morning check-ins, and then thanked me for my professionalism.
#rotations
#clerkships
#thisiswhywedoit
#brainnerd
#patientsfirst
🧠
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Feeling like the luckiest person in the world. Just finished shadowing my first neurosurgery case 🧠💥
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There's nothing that inspires me more than spending my Saturday's with
@WomenSurgeons
to learn about how to excel and succeed in 3rd-year surgical clerkship rotations
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Loved the data blitz? Come check out Juan Enriquez-Traba at booth
#16
to learn about dopamine and motivation!
#WCBR2023
🧠
@NeuroTejeda
@NIMHgov
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Super proud of my boss-pal-friend-colleague
@BriKChen
for becoming a published first author!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
My first first-author paper is out! We found that reactivating distinct cell populations in the dHPC and vHPC drive unique behaviors in mice. A huge thank you to the lab and everyone else involved!
@nathenmurawski
@okaysteve
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Looking forward to this panel.
Great way to follow from all the good advice from recent
#AANS2023
Continuing our post-match panel series: join our Mid-Atlantic panelist Thursday, April 27th, at 6:00PM EST as they share their pearls of wisdom about sub-internships, the interview trail and more!
Make sure to use the link in the flyer below to register and submit questions 🔗.
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Medical school can be relaxing sometimes. Spent the morning coloring in my diagram of the brachial plexus over a cup of coffee. 🤓☕️
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I am delighted to be a recipient of this year's Young Alumna Award 2021, alongside such accomplished & dedicated women.
@barnardalumnae
Incredibly grateful for the mentors and faculty who have continued to support & guide me throughout the years.
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#winteriscoming
3 weeks until I begin anatomy in the infamous cardio/respiratory block! Can’t wait to make a book like this
@PennStHershey
#psumeded
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For the past 10 days, I've been self-quarantining and recuperating from COVID-19 infection.
A mild case, but lack of smell, fatigue, and headaches are still present to a degree.
Grateful for friends and family who've brought me food and zoomed me into holiday festivities.
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Thank you to Dr. Doris Wang,
@DorisWangLab
@NeurosurgUCSF
, for the insightful
#GrandRounds
talk on "Adaptive
#DeepBrainStimulation
for Gait in Parkinson's Disease." Exciting advances in treating
#gaitimpairment
in
#ParkinsonsDisease
!
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Any
#medicalstudents
interested in research as part of their future career should consider attending!
This has been such an impactful program, in many ways, and we’re not even 4 months in. Feel free to reach out w questions too
#MedStudentTwitter
🧠👩🏻🔬
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@BrainCoach333
@DrEstherAdler
@MrTeachEmpathy
@bakaryb00924288
@drtimbracey
@GUPathologist
@saada_vsaada
@noellejt
@PathDocBoston
@StewartGNeill
@Mvgs1706
@PatricProAuthor
@AshFromVA
Hello! I'm a third-year medical student interested in pursuing surgery. I am passionate about policy and advocacy work pertaining to equitable and humanistic healthcare delivery. Dedicated plant mom on the side too.
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What an amazing way to end my first night shift on
#OB
. Under the guidance of an awesome resident and attending, I caught a baby this morning.
#clerkships
#rotations
#delivery
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Love it when old lab members reunite!!!!!
@DrChristineAnnD
@josie_mcgowan
@shannoncshipley
@selimchl
5 years strong and still going
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