Maya Defoe (@mdefoe3) profile picture

Academic Hospitalist/Physician, educator, mom of goldendoodle and human child. Interested in improving physician well-being. Opinions are my own.

Chicago, IL
Joined October 2018
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Can non-linear career paths contribute to the gender disparities within academic hospital medicine? Research suggests that it women disproportionally experience negative consequences of taking extended leave & non-traditional work arrangements. @mdefoe3 link.springer.com/article/10…
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Curious whether nonlinear career paths have gendered impacts in #hospitalmedicine? Read on in @JournalGIM! Congrats to @mdefoe3 + our collabs @marishaburden @KenistonAngela @kevinjolearymd Dr. Drew Updike Sophia Mazurek Kenzie Cameron link.springer.com/article/10…
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Hey check out what ⁦my colleagues @mdefoe3⁩ ⁦@kevinjolearymd⁩ and #kenziecameron just published! Men and Women Pursue Nonlinear Career Paths, but Impacts Differ: a Cross-Sectional Study of Academic Hospitalists link.springer.com/article/10…
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Practical advice from @kenyabeard19 on how to address racism NOW. #NCEAS2021 @NU_NCEAS
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You know it has been a year when your division chief @kevinjolearymd decides to dress up as Santa to cheer you up. I ❤️@NMHospMed . So proud to work with my incredible colleagues.
We can always count on our fantastic division chief @kevinjolearymd to spread the holiday cheer! This made for a jolly and memorable faculty meeting, to say the least! Happy holidays all!💜#NMHospMed #CheersTo2021
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1/Hey @daxshepard when I started listening to @ArmchairExpPod for entertainment, I didn't realize that it would help me better understand my patients! Your vulnerability in the Day 7 episode especially made me re-evaluate how I talk about #addiction.
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2/I was able to get through to a patient this morning who was in denial about his alcoholism. His wife thanked me because most other doctors had avoided the subject with him.
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3/Thank you for sharing your story - this is unexpected, but I think you helped make me a more compassionate doctor. Btw this is the first time I'm tweeting a celebrity. This is weird.... 😳
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Thanks for the shout out @NMHospMed!
Shout out to Maya Defoe, MD (@mdefoe3) on her promotion to Assistant Professor of Medicine! #NMHospMed
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After a week on Team COVID ICU @NM_IDSteward, we are beginning to develop a real sense of the "spectrum of COVID19 disease". Enjoy. @NMPulmCritCare @NUFeinbergMed
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Great tweetorial on why covid19 causes lymphopenia!
A hematology @tony_breu-style tweetorial: Why does lymphopenia occur in #COVID19? A normal WBC count and lymphopenia are seen in patients affected by COVID-19, but why it occurs has bothered me since the pandemic onset. The potential answer is surprising and interesting.
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Covering our hospitalist admitting pager at home today (pregnant and trying to limit COVID exposure). After my pager goes off my 2yo says "Mama is going beep beep like a truck!" I'm in my 3rd trimester - while cute, any reference to me as a truck is not appreciated. #doctormom
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Thank you!!
Feinberg med students want to help! Let us know if we can help with child care/groceries/etc. Pass on this link to these amazing nurses and doctors! @NUFeinbergMed docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Very enlightening article - when the firm partners were confronted with data that men also suffered from the current work culture, they insisted that it was still primarily a women’s issue and interventions should only target women. #genderequity #WomenInMedicine
Too many women’s careers end up getting derailed after they modify their schedules to work part-time or shift roles. But the underlying issue is a culture of overwork. s.hbr.org/39r0LL0
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Maya Defoe retweeted
Questions to ask when receiving criticism: 1. Content: what can I learn from the signal in the noise? 2. Source: how credible is the critic? Are they trying to improve the work or elevate themselves? 3. Action: what can I do differently to avoid this response in the future?
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I had a great time speaking with @PhD_Leigh about my nutrition journey, the obesity epidemic & some tips for intervention. She and I could talk all day ⏱, fortunately we had moderators to cut us off! Check out the podcast! Thanks for the invite @GWOIMH 👩🏾‍⚕️ – at Madrid, Spain
Join us on the GW Integrative Medicine podcast for a discussion with @gutdoc18 Janese Laster, MD, about the #obesity epidemic, #nutrition, and how the data points to the problem being in the ultra-processing of what we eat. smhs.gwu.edu/oimh/podcasts #plantbased #GWSMHS #diet
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