Cardiology fellow at UT Chattanooga, huge foodie, red wine lover, sudoku fanatic

Joined May 2017
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I wish I could say that being a pregnant surgical resident was fine. But that wouldn’t be the whole story. And if we don’t share the whole story, how will things continue to improve? ⁦@WomenSurgeons⁩ ⁦@WimedicineOrg⁩ ⁦@PROWDWomen⁩ ⁦ doximity.com/articles/0ac03b…
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Our group just keeps getting bigger! We came out to enjoy each other's company and share experiences at our second #WomenInCardiology dinner. @LisaAlderson2 #TheFaceOfCardiology #ACCWIC #AHAWIC #WIC #CardioTwitter #ACCFIT @MissouriACC @SLU_GME @slusom
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Extremely grateful 🙏🏼 of Indian Heart Journal to help raise our concern for a public heart issue - Bystander CPR in 🇮🇳. Outcomes of out of hospital sudden cardiac arrest in India: A Review a... sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Let’s get to know more about it! An important 🧵

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#KnowYourRhythm 🫀⚡️ #AtrialFibrillationAwareness @ACCinTouch @EPeeps_Bot Differences in #AFib 👩🏻: ⬆️symptomatic-atypical symptoms & non-PV triggers ⬆️ 💀 & stroke ⬇️ Referred/Rxed w ablation or DCCV @DrJCheungEP @drrakeshg1 @KeepInRhythm @PamelaMasonEP @LuigiDiBiaseMD
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In the year 1917, a Tamil Indian girl was born in a middle class family at Rangoon, Burma, where her father had gone for a living. He named her Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavathi. At a time when women were traditionally confined to the kitchen/illiterate, the middle class girl did MBBS from Rangoon Medical College. When the Japanese invaded Burma, they briefly returned to their traditional home in Coimbatore. In 1949, she went to London to do an FRCP, then unimaginable for a Female Indian doctor. She was selected to study further at Johns Hopkins University, US, where she trained under the legendary cardiologist Helen Taussig. Thereafter, she moved to Harvard University, where she trained under the Father of Cardiology- Paul Dudley White. When a glorious cardiology career awaited her in the US, she was firm in returning to India & serving Indians. She joined Lady Hardinge Medical College in 1953, to become India's First Lady Cardiologist. S.I.Padmavathi started India's first Cathlab & exclusive Cardiac Clinic. Started India's first DM Cardiology course. She founded the All India Heart Foundation (AIHF) in 1962, to serve the poor & needy. She joined Maulana Azad Medical College in 1967, by which time her fame had spread. The Indian Govt under Indira Gandhi honoured her with the Padma Bhushan, that year. She was the cardiologist & administrator of 3 great colleges at the same time- MAMC, G.B.Pant Hospital & Lok Nayak Hospital. She retired as Director,MAMC in 1978. She set up the National Heart Institute (NIH) in 1981, at Delhi. At age 90, Padmavathi became a fellow of The European Society of Cardiology in 2007. Till age 95, (year 2015), Padmavathi worked 12 hours a day, five days a week, to serve poor and needy Indians, with state-of-the-art Cardiac Care. She retired from active practice, that year. The Government of India bestowed India's second highest Civilian Award, the Padma Vibushan on S.I.Padmavathi in 1992. Both Padmavathi and her sister Janaki(neurologist) remained single and started the Janaki-Padmavathi trust, pouring in their entire earnings to start a trust to provide poor people with money for life-saving Heart Surgeries. After dedicating her entire life to serving the poor in the field of Cardiology, S.I.Padmavathi passed away in 2020, at age 103 from Corona. Imagine the steely resolve, vision, brilliance and sheer determination of this iron- lady to shatter the glass ceiling in achieving all these, serving poor Indians with quality cardiac care, and finally giving away all her wealth to her fellow citizens. Most of the DMs I get are about: How do I get through USMLE or PLAB? What salaries can I get? Quality of Life? Citizenship? Here is an inspiring story of the first female cardiologist of India, who achieved so much by returning to her country. Tamilnadu & India should be mighty proud of their daughter- Sivaramakrishna Iyer Padmavathi!
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AAMC ID: 14293528 Hi all! I’m Cali Clark, Chief Resident at Freeman Health System applying for 🫀fellowship this cycle. I’m interested in 👩🫀 disease and advanced 🫀 failure. I like watching ⚽️ and 📖, and I am grateful to be on this journey of growth. 🥰 #CardioTwitter
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Superb INTRO to the program by Dr @DrMarthaGulati & Dr @yappelman ! Looking forward to the next meeting!! Good to see some familiar faces too. @ZainabDakhil2 @PoornimaMohan10 #WIN #WIC @WomenAs1 #CLIMB2023 @scaiwin @global_wic @pinkiyacladies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#CLIMB2023 @womenasone So honored to lead this with @yappelman We have so many amazing women in this cohort- representing 17 countries🌍! For the next 6 months, we will discuss #INOCA & #MINOCA from all aspects #Womenincardiology #WIC #ACCWIC
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#CLIMB2023 starts today, with the INOCA/MINOCA topic getting us underway! 🥳️ Recordings from 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 session will be available to Talent Directory registrants roughly one week later! Register here: bit.ly/3NTFQqF #WomenInMedicine #MedTwitter #WIC

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I wanted to share some of my thoughts on today's Supreme Court decision on affirmative action:
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On the Titan, five people died on an expensive excursion. Off the coast of Greece, perhaps 500 people fleeing poverty and violence died. The rescue efforts, and the attention paid to each, fueled a debate about the realities of class and ethnicity. nyti.ms/3CLiPjl
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Giving #CPR and using an AED within the first few minutes of sudden cardiac arrest can greatly improve a person's chances of survival. Help your patients understand SCA with this #CardioSmart infographic 👇 bit.ly/3qzufng #ACCAthleticHeart
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⁦@DrLaxmiMehta⁩ and I presented our ⁦@ACCinTouch⁩ toolkit on how to start a heart center for women at the Midwest #ACCWIC mtg in Milwaukee. Here’s the summary. Let us know if you would be interested in learning more. ⁦@DrToniyaSingh⁩ ⁦@gina_lundberg
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Much gratitude to our participants, our team @UCSF @NorthwesternMed @nyulangone @UVMLarnerMed and our funders @nih_nhlbi @NIMHD for making @masala_study possible
Thanks to @American_Heart for amplifying our study heart.org/en/news/2023/05/17… @nih_nhlbi @NIMHD
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Our paper: North Indian STEMI registry (NORIN-STEMI): 📍women ⤵️ PCI after STEMI 📍Women ⤴️1-year mortality 🆚 men: 2 fold 🚩These findings have important public health implications, and further efforts are required to reduce these gaps @JACCJournals bit.ly/3ARm3kf
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A very powerful graphic about what kills us, and what the public is led to believe kills us..
What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians? 8 more examples:
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Women & cardiac EP as a career path - ScienceDirect Sharing my ✍️ on current & future of #womeninEP #ACCWIC #medtwitter@ACCinTouch⁩ ⁦@HRSonline⁩ ⁦@Nishaki1⁩ ⁦@MoeenSaleem⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦@aalahmadmd⁩ ⁦@S_NarayanMDsciencedirect.com/science/ar…

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