Doctor Escapes Los Angeles Fires; Surgeon vs Insurer; Singing About Colonoscopy

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“We are helpless while the fire blazes … not knowing whether our house is burned to the ground, or whether we have lost everything we have,” said cardiologist Danielle Belardo, MD, after evacuating from her home to escape uncontained fires in Los Angeles.

“Insurance is out of control. I have no other words,” said surgeon Elisabeth Potter, MD, after she was forced to scrub out mid-surgery to take a call from UnitedHealthcare.

In a reaction video to Potter’s post, surgeon @doctoryoun added that insurance companies need to “prioritize patient care, not profits.”

The Yale School of Public Health teamed up with epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH, to share helpful information on childhood vaccinations.

Is human metapneumovirus like COVID? Allergist Zachary Rubin, MD, took to Instagram to clarify a misleading news headline.

Anesthesiologist Tiffany Moon, MD, participated in a Shania Twain TikTok trend, but with a healthcare twist.

“Tell me more, random man on the internet with a microphone,” said ob/gyn @pagingdrfran, in a sarcastic response to a video that claimed “birth control is one of the worst inventions mankind has ever made.”

Why is healthcare a terrible business? @nurse.conner took to TikTok to offer a nurse’s perspective on how hospitals put profits over patients.

Colorectal surgeon @drphilippearson performed a Stephen Sondheim musical theater ballad with new lyrics to spread the word about screening for colon cancer.

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