Lucy Torres-Deas, MD, FACP (she/her/ella)
@lutorresdeasmd
Physician leader l advocate l well-being warrior l JEDI l Latina 🇵🇷 l PCP l Mama doc l ally l 💗 Rotties l tweets = my own views
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YESTERDAY, I had the honor of being the opening ceremony keynote speaker at The Student National Medical Association (SNMA)’s AMEC 2024! I LOVE our young people and while I wish very much that I could have been there in New Orleans in person, I was more than touched to connect with our future Black physicians virtually!
Harlem’s eviction rate is the highest in the city. Evictions mostly impact Black and Latina women-led households with children. amsterdamnews.com/news/2024/04/0… via New York Amsterdam News
👉Get ready for the inaugural "Hispanic Women in Medicine: Critical Needs for Empowerment and Transformation in Practice" September 13-15th in Scottsdale, AZ. Leticia Rolon Keila Lopez MD, MPH 🫀 Marlene Martin (she/ella) Cynthia Delgado ce.mayo.edu/family-medicin…
Our #PCORI study is up and running! We (4 health systems in partnership with 40 community organizations!) are studying different care models to address HTN disparities. pressurecheck.org Yale Cardiology @yalemed Yale School of Public Health Rafael Perez-Escamilla John Brush Oyere Onuma Khurram Nasir
🚨New Publication Alert By Dr Dr. Whitney Irie (EYE-ree) & myself - a call to health care providers to initiate conversations about #PrEP w/ Black women (the seeds) & contribute to an environment that collaboratively supports their #PrEP decision-making (soil). #HIV jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-…
Hilda’s story shows how one patient can change & inspire us to begin a path of advocacy. The privilege we have of caring for people comes w/a duty to take concrete action when we see suffering. We cannot accept unjust/unsustainable systems that cause harm. Thank you Juan Lessing
So excited for this #IMG program Denver Health that assists Colorado residents (who have graduated from international medical schools) to enter primary care residency programs! Please share widely 🙏 Hector L Frisbie ©