Cleveland, OH
Joined September 2021
We had a blast welcoming the incoming first year class and their families yesterday! Counting down to July 1st!
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As part of the Community Engagement & Investment pillar of our strategic plan, the DoM is hosting the inaugural DoM LA Summit where faculty, staff & community partners will gather to share lessons from collaborations and foster new connections. Learn more: uclahs.fyi/41ShXGB
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Congrats Dr. Stein-Merlob! 🙌 @A_SteinMerlob
Congrats to Dr. Ashley Stein-Merlob, named a finalist in the Global Cardio-Oncology Summit Young Investigator Competition! Her innovative mathematical modeling research is breaking new ground in understanding cardiac amyloidosis and new treatment targets: uclahs.fyi/4n3CAI8
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1/ 🚨 NEW #5Pearls: Neutropenia 🦠 Let’s review the what, when, and why of neutropenia, including management of febrile neutropenia 🥵 🖥️: coreimpodcast.com/2025/08/13…
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#TBT to our #5Pearls episode: rhythm control in AFib The anti-arrythmics can be confusing, but this table breaks down the basics ‼️ 🖥️: coreimpodcast.com/2024/04/24…
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Solomon Scholars Research Day 2025 was a success! Residents across our seven UCLA-affiliated internal medicine programs gathered to share innovative research and case studies. Watch the recap video to learn from some of the presenters about their projects: uclahs.fyi/4moVfyu
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The world’s first human bladder transplant has been completed at UCLA Health. Led by Dr. Nima Nassiri (@dgsomucla) with Dr. Inderbir Gill (@keckmedicineusc), the 8-hour surgery connected both a kidney and bladder. Read more: ucla.in/43rWcxl @OneLegacyNews
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Check out all the housing for #Veterans at #WestLAVA! This drone footage shows all housing that’s open or under construction. There are 497 units open across 7 buildings, and many more to come. youtu.be/BVhiSyRiRkQ
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we all agree that bupropion should be buproprion right
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#earthquake When you realize it wasn't the "Big One"
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The eagerly awaited 2025 ACC/AHA ACS guidelines were released yesterday! Congrats to @SVRaoMD @DrM_ODonoghue and all the co-authors 1/ Here are some of my takeways
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If you’re going to get anything worthwhile done intellectually you have to be able to let your house occasionally descend into complete chaos without thinking it means anything about you as a person. This is one thing I’ve learned…… as a woman…..
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me in 1992 wasting time resting instead of studying
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So the only options for getting an MRI are 6 weeks from now or send the patient to the ED with a note pinned to their shirt that says “sorry this is not an emergency more of a subacute issue but I don’t know what else to do.”
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That's a wrap for #MatchDay2024. Congratulations to all who matched into a residency training program! Get the full details about the @DOM_UCLA's incoming class at bit.ly/3VgiCz2.
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It's #MatchDay2024 and we @DOM_UCLA cannot be more thrilled to welcome another exceptional class of incoming residents. Enjoy our welcome video, and to our new colleagues welcome to @UCLAHealth @dgsomucla @UCLA #internalmedicine
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Dr. Christopher Klipstein, Dr. Koyal Jain, and Dr. Marco Alemán participated in the @UNC_SOM graduation! Students nominated Dr. Klipstein (left) to speak, and Dr. Jain(middle) and Dr. Alemán(right) were selected by students as hooders. Congrats School of #Medicine Graduates🎓!
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We lost a brilliant, caring and loving friend. If you ever interacted with Rafa, and were blessed by his kindness and generosity, please don’t forget him, his contagious smile and his good heart. Let’s honor Rafa’s memory by spreading kindnes.
Heartbroken with the premature loss of my brilliant friend @Rafameed . Rafa was only 31, he had just matched in IM at @CUInternalMed - his dream program. He grew up in Brazil, son of a tailor and a vendor, who worked hard to give him good education. He beat all the odds (cont)
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TW: Death Our hearts are heavy this morning with the devastating news of @Rafameed's passing. Rafa's enormous heart, contagious smile, and unwavering brightness touched every corner of the CPSolvers community and rippled far beyond. We miss you, dear friend.
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Rachel Swier retweeted
Gastroenterologists and hepatologists, what are your feelings on the stethoscope? Important diagnostic tool or merely an accessory to make you "look like a doctor" (see Clooney Fig 1). This @AmJGastro #RedSection piece may make you rethink your answer. journals.lww.com/ajg/Fulltex…
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