Rana Awdish MD
@ranaawdish.bsky.social
I make sense of hard things.
Author of In Shock and the upcoming book After Shock. Essayist. #MedSky
Also Physician|Patient|Painter|Mom
Link to preorder After Shock:
https://bit.ly/4osAZw7
Author of In Shock and the upcoming book After Shock. Essayist. #MedSky
Also Physician|Patient|Painter|Mom
Link to preorder After Shock:
https://bit.ly/4osAZw7
If you are on Goodreads enter this contest and be one of the first to read After Shock. 📚#MedSky #BookGivaway
Book giveaway for After Shock: Learning to Reinhabit My Body After Illness by Rana Awdish Dec 01-Dec 21, 2025
25 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Dec 01-Dec 21, 2025. This book will forever alter how you think about healing.—Jessi Gold MD, MS psychiat...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If you are on Goodreads enter this contest and be one of the first to read After Shock. 📚#MedSky #BookGivaway
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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It would be against the medical code to not hang out with them
November 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It would be against the medical code to not hang out with them
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When I was in the hospital, my doctor wrote orders for therapy dog visits. The therapy dog team at the hospital took that seriously. I had 2 visits a day from therapy dogs. It helped a great deal. I was very depressed from being hospitalized for many weeks.
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
When I was in the hospital, my doctor wrote orders for therapy dog visits. The therapy dog team at the hospital took that seriously. I had 2 visits a day from therapy dogs. It helped a great deal. I was very depressed from being hospitalized for many weeks.
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Make sure you’re following my good buddy Rana on here! She’s an amazing, dedicated ICU doctor whom I’ve been lucky enough to work with & call my friend over the years.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Make sure you’re following my good buddy Rana on here! She’s an amazing, dedicated ICU doctor whom I’ve been lucky enough to work with & call my friend over the years.
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We have some good neighbors.
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have some good neighbors.
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Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
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Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Access to vaccines is not a privilege — it is a human right.
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
In @statnews.com today, Stefan Peterson and I write about using a human rights-based approach to deal with vaccine denialism and the return of measles, whooping cough and diphtheria
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
This pre-holiday time of year, I REALLY enjoy soliciting recipe tips from community elders. Today’s tip: brown chicken wings to make a richer stock for stuffing. #MedSky
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This pre-holiday time of year, I REALLY enjoy soliciting recipe tips from community elders. Today’s tip: brown chicken wings to make a richer stock for stuffing. #MedSky
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
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The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
Folks, if you are hungry, please contact your local Sikh gurdwara. Or just show up for langar, which most gurdwaras do several times a week, for a free meal. Lots also do weekly or monthly drives giving out groceries.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
No conversion necessary. Feeding anyone who is hungry is a key part of Sikhism.
A lady on TikTok has been calling churches pretending to be a mother with a baby who needs formula and several churches turned her away. But wouldn’t you know that when she called a Mosque (Islamic Center of Charlotte) they immediately said yes.
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
[Source: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpoxsaW/ ]
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The world would be immensely better if more religions and their believers had even a tenth of the dedication the Sikhs do to doing good for people with no gatekeeping or expectations of anything other than "you are a fellow human in need and we can help you"
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Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Those of us who worked with USAID and in global health more broadly warned of this- shouting, screaming into the void. The administration- at every level- understood this would happen. It’s unconscionable.
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Yes, we did👇🏻
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Public Health Workers March to HHS, Demand RFK Jr.'s Removal
American Public Health Association closes its annual meeting with organized protest
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Yes, we did👇🏻
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
Hundreds of public health workers & their allies marched from the National Mall toward HHS headquarters at the Hubert H. Humphrey Building on Wednesday.
Their mission: Demand HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s resignation.
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
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Now more than ever, create an affirming healthcare environment for #lgbtqiaplus patients by using respectful language & addressing unique care needs. @cjstreed.bsky.social @tmprowell.bsky.social @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social @lgbtqhealth.bsky.social closler.org/uncategorize...
August 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Now more than ever, create an affirming healthcare environment for #lgbtqiaplus patients by using respectful language & addressing unique care needs. @cjstreed.bsky.social @tmprowell.bsky.social @lgbtqhealthexce.bsky.social @lgbtqhealth.bsky.social closler.org/uncategorize...
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Today is the best day. 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today is the best day. 👻
Proud to be included alongside these brilliant authors 💚@msuhumanmedicine.bsky.social #MedSky
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Books That Inspire: College of Human Medicine Authors |
College of Human Medicine | Michigan State University
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October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Proud to be included alongside these brilliant authors 💚@msuhumanmedicine.bsky.social #MedSky
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A short piece on humility #MedSky
"Approach each patient encounter with humility and curiosity. If you misstep, apologize and invite a reset to restore trust."- @ranaawdish.bsky.social @agawande.bsky.social @choo.bsky.social @erictopol.bsky.social @kevinmd.bsky.social #MedSky closler.org/wp-admin/pos...
October 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A short piece on humility #MedSky
Today is the best day. 👻
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Today is the best day. 👻
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horror writers, start your engines
May 23, 2024 at 4:35 PM
horror writers, start your engines
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Happiest of birthdays to the person my children have named “the most magical human of all” @ranaawdish.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Happiest of birthdays to the person my children have named “the most magical human of all” @ranaawdish.bsky.social