Proud of my high school classmate, NYC Public Schools Chancellor David Banks. Finally someone had the guts to push back against congressional hypocrites, along with the skills to fight antisemitism the right way, by educating. nytimes.com/2024/05/08/nyr…

Congratulations, Neeha Namineni and team! So proud of all that you’ve accomplished. Thank you George Goshua, MD MSc for mentoring our Yale Traditional Medicine Residency Program residents! Yale Internal Medicine

A first, small step towards protecting innocent lives and redirecting the focus towards freeing the hostages and ending the war. nytimes.com/live/2024/05/0…

Come to @yaleIM, stay at @YaleIM!

See, this is just me but if I had a dead worm in my brain, or I shot puppies in the head, I would keep that to myself.

Today’s lunch: tuna salad on a hard roll at Aunt Betty’s Pond. ⁦Acadia National Park⁩

When two-thirds of the people killed in Gaza are women and children, when you block humanitarian aid, you’re not just going after Hamas. You’re going after the entire Palestinian people.

Peter was one of those faculty who made me think, “I’m so lucky to be at Yale.” He was so smart, so compassionate, and so generous. We’ll miss you, Peter. Yale Internal Medicine YaleHematology

Seven months (!) of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. Let the aid flow. Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without hope for a shared future, this does not end.

PB&J and a gorgeous view. ⁦Acadia National Park⁩

Honestly just out of words. Nowhere left for people to go. So so so many dead, more wounded, more whose lives will never be the same. And for what? All this leaves behind is a devastated place, and more people who will be understandably angry, vengeful, pushed toward extremes,…

“As disturbed as I am by mounting left-wing illiberalism, it’s hard to demand that pro-Palestinian activists submit to the rigors of open dialogue while the government is decreeing their views verboten.” nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opi…

Congratulations to Pulitzer Prize winning author, ⁦Nathan Thrall⁩ This is an interview with him shortly after the Hamas attacks on October 7. Must-read. ⁦ forward.com/culture/564376…

Congratulations to Nathan Thrall. Must read.

Back at my happy place to read, write, hike, and bike in no particular order! ⁦Acadia National Park⁩

Issue two is out! Great job Gabrielle Siegel (She/Her)!

“Every element of a design needs a purpose. Is grabbing attention not a purpose? Is character not a purpose? Is joy not a purpose?” open.substack.com/pub/theauracre…

“Universities don’t have to be battlefields. More people, including faculty and students, should speak out against hateful rhetoric that is morally wrong, even if this rhetoric is protected by the First Amendment.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

How Columbia abandoned its student journalists and its commitment to a free press.

Isabella Ramírez⁩ ⁦Columbia Daily Spectator⁩ columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

Rudeness and the Power of Kindness (A #ProgramDirectorsNote to my Yale Traditional Medicine Residency Program residents).

Thank you, Gurpreet Dhaliwal, for inspiring us at Yale Internal Medicine

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Congratulations, Natasha Cigarroa MD! Yale Traditional Medicine Residency Program Yale Internal Medicine Yale Cardiology