Poet, surgical resident, dog mom, wife, & baker

Joined November 2009
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Stopped by to sign some copies of Insensible Losses at Green Apple Books - available now! First twenty with a signature, a thank you, and the satisfaction of buying local :)
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To my tiny twitter audience, I wanted to share my debut poetry collection, Insensible Losses, which just came out for preorder from Nymeria Publishing: nymeriapublishing.com/insens… It charts a course from patient to doctor, fear to joy (and more fear!)
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Excited to have a couple of poems in the San Antonio Review this week! sareview.org/

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Feeling lucky in all things poem this week! Thrilled to have my poem "Overnight at the County Hospital" in the Fall 2020 issue of Semicolon: semicolonlit.org/issue-4 If you're feeling a poem or two, check it out!

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Very excited to have my poem "one summer i studied liver transplant" in the new issue of One: one.jacarpress.com/?fbclid=I… The whole issue is gorgeous and I've loved reading it--if you're looking to snuggle up with some poetry over the holidays I hope you'll take a peak! ❤
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
7 Oct 2020
Hey @ilike_mike reduce the overall prison capacity to below 50% of capacity. #FreeThemAll
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
Mike McGuire, Stop the spread and reduce your population below 50% capacity, Halt ALL transfers, Update medical criteria for release to abide by medical recommendations by CDC & Provide free televisiting and phone calls. @ilike_mike #decarceratenow #FREETHEMALL
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
.@ilike_mike Please continue to voice demands to the Governor to halt all transfers between correctional facilities, including to county jails and immigration detention facilities. #FreeThemAll #DecarcerateNow
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
7 Oct 2020
Hey @GavinNewsom free incarcerated folks NOW. In a pandemic we need to protect our most vulnerable populations. Provide the medical release of 6,200 eligible prisoners as you promised #DecarcerateNow #FreeThemAll
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
In order to care for the health and well-being of ALL Californians @GavinNewsom needs to #DecarcerateNow #FreeThemAll
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@cityofsanrafel Flu season is approaching and continued waves of COVID outbreaks are already impacting incarcerated people across CA. #DecarcerateNow #FreeThemAll
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Hey @GavinNewsom - you need to: Reduce the overall prison population to below 50% capacity, halt all transfers between correctional facilities, and update the medical criteria for release to abide by medical recommendations and the CDC #freethemall #decarceratenow
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Joey Lew, MD, MFA retweeted
We are excited to introduce the REPAIR project, a 3-year strategic initiative to address anti-Black racism in science, medicine & healthcare at this month’s Social Science Grand Rounds! Join us on Sept 25th, 12-1:15pm PST. Learn more/get the zoom link at: repair.ucsf.edu
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Pumped to have my poem "On an Organ Donation Run" in this issue of the Journal of Medical Humanities! If you feel like a poem break, check it out: rdcu.be/b6Lrt

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