Surgeon’s Film Wins an Oscar; #Match2026; Docs React to New Lipid Guidelines

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And the Academy Award for best documentary short film goes to … “All the Empty Rooms,” produced by pediatric surgeon @drchethansathya! In response, the American Medical Association took to Instagram to applaud the film, which highlights firearm injury prevention.

Meanwhile, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health shared Oscars memes with a public health twist.

It’s Match Week! Medical student @liciugh shared her reaction to finding out that she and her friends matched, complete with celebratory sushi.

“It’s been a long road to get here,” said @enbydelia, who matched into ob/gyn.

Meanwhile, internal medicine physician @shanonology shared her experience of not matching in 2023 and encouraged medical students who match to “celebrate as much as you can but also help those that are doing SOAP,” referring to the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program.

“You guys, she’s the real deal,” said pediatrician Meghan Elizabeth Beach Martin, MD, about internet friend and plastic surgeon Elisabeth Potter, MD, after the two met in real life for the first time.

Physician @joelbervell reminisced about an inspiring moment from his time appearing on “The Kelly Clarkson Show” to discuss bias in medicine.

After the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association released new guidelines on lipid-lowering therapy, cardiologist Marc Katz, MD, and internal medicine and obesity physician Chris Dagher, MD, broke down the “big takeaways.”

What would you call a group of physicians? Ob/gyn @pagingdrfran revealed the suggestions, ranging from “a clot” for vascular surgeons to “a stream” for urologists.

Called it! Urologist @dancing_uro_doc used her medical knowledge to predict a plot point on a recent episode of “The Pitt.”

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