Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (BurgartBioethix)
@alyssaburgart.com
😷Stanford Bioethics, Peds Anesthesiology, Feminist Gender & Sexuality
🧭Writes about bioethics @
Poppies & Propofol poppiesandpropofol.com
❤️🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic
(She/her/they/them)
🧭Writes about bioethics @
Poppies & Propofol poppiesandpropofol.com
❤️🩹 Founder, The Moral Injury Clinic
(She/her/they/them)
questions about this condition that we don’t know yet. It will be much more difficult to find out in this environment. While the condition is likely rare, children should not suffer because of geopolitical attacks.
A bombing in Caracas impacts pediatric health care in the US.
A bombing in Caracas impacts pediatric health care in the US.
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
questions about this condition that we don’t know yet. It will be much more difficult to find out in this environment. While the condition is likely rare, children should not suffer because of geopolitical attacks.
A bombing in Caracas impacts pediatric health care in the US.
A bombing in Caracas impacts pediatric health care in the US.
severe neurological injury/death due to a single anesthesia exposure.
How do we screen families when everyone is scared that ICE is going to abduct them?
What family will feel safe sharing their Venezuelan ancestry while our president is determined to destabilize Venezuela?
There are so many
How do we screen families when everyone is scared that ICE is going to abduct them?
What family will feel safe sharing their Venezuelan ancestry while our president is determined to destabilize Venezuela?
There are so many
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
severe neurological injury/death due to a single anesthesia exposure.
How do we screen families when everyone is scared that ICE is going to abduct them?
What family will feel safe sharing their Venezuelan ancestry while our president is determined to destabilize Venezuela?
There are so many
How do we screen families when everyone is scared that ICE is going to abduct them?
What family will feel safe sharing their Venezuelan ancestry while our president is determined to destabilize Venezuela?
There are so many
The attack on Venezuela is a disaster for so many reasons.
As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder.
Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder.
Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The attack on Venezuela is a disaster for so many reasons.
As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder.
Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
As an anesthesiologist, it further complicates screening children for a devastating mitochondrial disorder.
Recent reports indicate at least 25 children and young adults of Venezuelan maternal ancestry have suffered
I'm stoked to get to chat with the incomparable Mary Roach (@maryroach.bsky.social) about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy!
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September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I'm stoked to get to chat with the incomparable Mary Roach (@maryroach.bsky.social) about her new book Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy!
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Got to meet @glaucomflecken.bsky.social today at the Big Ideas in Medicine conference.
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
September 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Got to meet @glaucomflecken.bsky.social today at the Big Ideas in Medicine conference.
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
I made him laugh, so I’ll be an insufferable unicorn all day. 🦄 🌈
You can feel free to watch the video: x.com/JSweetLI/sta...
August 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
You can feel free to watch the video: x.com/JSweetLI/sta...
Don’t confuse individual perceptions of goodness with collective good.
August 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Don’t confuse individual perceptions of goodness with collective good.
Whiplash anyone?
August 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Whiplash anyone?
develop anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and PTSD related specifically to the risk of enduring another shock.
August 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
develop anxiety disorders, panic attacks, and PTSD related specifically to the risk of enduring another shock.
Nashville General Hospital says it never agreed to turn off 69-year-old Byron Brown’s defibrillator to facilitate his death by lethal injection.
The state plans to kill Brown tomorrow, August 5 at 10am, regardless of his cardiac device.
The state plans to kill Brown tomorrow, August 5 at 10am, regardless of his cardiac device.
August 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Nashville General Hospital says it never agreed to turn off 69-year-old Byron Brown’s defibrillator to facilitate his death by lethal injection.
The state plans to kill Brown tomorrow, August 5 at 10am, regardless of his cardiac device.
The state plans to kill Brown tomorrow, August 5 at 10am, regardless of his cardiac device.
About 280,000 kindergarteners attended school without documented MMR vaccine series completion during the 2023-2024 school year
These numbers are not just statistics; they are a roadmap to future outbreaks.
These numbers are not just statistics; they are a roadmap to future outbreaks.
August 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
About 280,000 kindergarteners attended school without documented MMR vaccine series completion during the 2023-2024 school year
These numbers are not just statistics; they are a roadmap to future outbreaks.
These numbers are not just statistics; they are a roadmap to future outbreaks.
Conscientious objection claims relate to low vaccination rates - the Texas-driven measles outbreak provides a case study in how anti-vax propaganda fuels “deeply held beliefs” and loosened vaccine regulations.
August 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Conscientious objection claims relate to low vaccination rates - the Texas-driven measles outbreak provides a case study in how anti-vax propaganda fuels “deeply held beliefs” and loosened vaccine regulations.
For anyone who thinks high school literature isn’t useful, I just impressed my entire family by getting a geography trivia question solely based on loving Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea.
July 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
For anyone who thinks high school literature isn’t useful, I just impressed my entire family by getting a geography trivia question solely based on loving Jean Rhys’ Wide Sargasso Sea.
I wrote this letter as a first year medical student, 19 years ago. I’ve cared for many patients that have died since then, but this letter was never quite where I needed it to be.
What advice would you give to a young healthcare worker about bearing witness to death?
I hope I was kind to myself.
What advice would you give to a young healthcare worker about bearing witness to death?
I hope I was kind to myself.
July 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I wrote this letter as a first year medical student, 19 years ago. I’ve cared for many patients that have died since then, but this letter was never quite where I needed it to be.
What advice would you give to a young healthcare worker about bearing witness to death?
I hope I was kind to myself.
What advice would you give to a young healthcare worker about bearing witness to death?
I hope I was kind to myself.
Know your patients’ rights.
Know your rights.
Know what’s right.
Do no harm.
Protect your patients.
Know your rights.
Know what’s right.
Do no harm.
Protect your patients.
July 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Know your patients’ rights.
Know your rights.
Know what’s right.
Do no harm.
Protect your patients.
Know your rights.
Know what’s right.
Do no harm.
Protect your patients.
This is the core of moral resilience - to choose to have hope in the face of hopelessness. To choose to help despite the sense of helplessness. This is the kind of faith I feel I need every day. The faith to believe there is capacity for change.
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is the core of moral resilience - to choose to have hope in the face of hopelessness. To choose to help despite the sense of helplessness. This is the kind of faith I feel I need every day. The faith to believe there is capacity for change.
Season 2 of The Retrievals drops on July 10.
Back in 2023, I analyzed each episode in Season 1 - about untreated pain during egg retrievals for fertility care.
Before then, catch up at poppiesandpropofol.com for my analysis of all 5 episodes from season 1.
Back in 2023, I analyzed each episode in Season 1 - about untreated pain during egg retrievals for fertility care.
Before then, catch up at poppiesandpropofol.com for my analysis of all 5 episodes from season 1.
July 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Season 2 of The Retrievals drops on July 10.
Back in 2023, I analyzed each episode in Season 1 - about untreated pain during egg retrievals for fertility care.
Before then, catch up at poppiesandpropofol.com for my analysis of all 5 episodes from season 1.
Back in 2023, I analyzed each episode in Season 1 - about untreated pain during egg retrievals for fertility care.
Before then, catch up at poppiesandpropofol.com for my analysis of all 5 episodes from season 1.
The Minnesota assassin had a hit list of abortion providers and activists.
This is why I hammer HCWs about home security & digital privacy - esp those in abortion, vaccination, and trans care.
Check out the comments for my free guide to understanding and reducing your risk of doxxing.
This is why I hammer HCWs about home security & digital privacy - esp those in abortion, vaccination, and trans care.
Check out the comments for my free guide to understanding and reducing your risk of doxxing.
June 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The Minnesota assassin had a hit list of abortion providers and activists.
This is why I hammer HCWs about home security & digital privacy - esp those in abortion, vaccination, and trans care.
Check out the comments for my free guide to understanding and reducing your risk of doxxing.
This is why I hammer HCWs about home security & digital privacy - esp those in abortion, vaccination, and trans care.
Check out the comments for my free guide to understanding and reducing your risk of doxxing.
Today, Dr Jenn Conti and I wrote about Adriana Smith’s brain death diagnosis and how Georgia’s anti-abortion law treats women as little more than fetal incubators.
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
May 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Today, Dr Jenn Conti and I wrote about Adriana Smith’s brain death diagnosis and how Georgia’s anti-abortion law treats women as little more than fetal incubators.
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
Having a uterus shouldn’t mean you get treated less human.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
The pain of an unethical situation is not all in your head.
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
May 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The pain of an unethical situation is not all in your head.
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
Moral distress and moral injury show up in our bodies and behaviors. 💔
I highly recommend reading the full medical board report on both David Geier (practicing without a license) and his dad - Mark Geier (physician whose license was revoked). The elder Geier died shortly before the younger Grier’s selection.
Links to both ⤵️
www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/dr-christi...
Links to both ⤵️
www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/dr-christi...
May 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I highly recommend reading the full medical board report on both David Geier (practicing without a license) and his dad - Mark Geier (physician whose license was revoked). The elder Geier died shortly before the younger Grier’s selection.
Links to both ⤵️
www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/dr-christi...
Links to both ⤵️
www.poppiesandpropofol.com/p/dr-christi...
Laying in a hammock with Sierra, reading about polio and the dawn of modern intensive care.
May 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Laying in a hammock with Sierra, reading about polio and the dawn of modern intensive care.
Thrilled to be back in Los Angeles for the Ethics of Caring conference.
The theme: Everyday Ethics Rooted in Trust
Investing in trust & trustworthiness in healthcare has never been more important.
Looking forward to learning & growing with these fabulous professionals. #ethics #bioethics #NNEC
The theme: Everyday Ethics Rooted in Trust
Investing in trust & trustworthiness in healthcare has never been more important.
Looking forward to learning & growing with these fabulous professionals. #ethics #bioethics #NNEC
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thrilled to be back in Los Angeles for the Ethics of Caring conference.
The theme: Everyday Ethics Rooted in Trust
Investing in trust & trustworthiness in healthcare has never been more important.
Looking forward to learning & growing with these fabulous professionals. #ethics #bioethics #NNEC
The theme: Everyday Ethics Rooted in Trust
Investing in trust & trustworthiness in healthcare has never been more important.
Looking forward to learning & growing with these fabulous professionals. #ethics #bioethics #NNEC
We do not have the kind of patterned seasonality as with flu and RSV (winter peaks).
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
We do not have the kind of patterned seasonality as with flu and RSV (winter peaks).
And yet Dr Greg Murphy appears to be a full time congressperson…
January 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And yet Dr Greg Murphy appears to be a full time congressperson…