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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · Feb 8

Years later and I'm still trying to make sense of the days after my stroke. I like to think that writing helps me explain things that I still have trouble talking about. Thanks to Tahoma Literary Review for allowing me to share this with the world

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amwadoctors.bsky.social @amwadoctors.bsky.social · 11d

AMWA Announces the 2025 INSPIRE Awardees!
This Women in Medicine Month, AMWA proudly recognizes 47 extraordinary women physicians whose vision, integrity, service, and leadership continue to shape the culture of medicine.
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#AMWA #WomenInMedicine #INSPIREAward

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Ali Christy, MD, PhD @oligoclonalband.medsky.social · 22d

Look at all these amazing neurologist women!
-researcher Erika Augustine
-writer & disability advocate @dianacejasmd.bsky.social
-digital educator Jacki Martindale
-epileptologist & advocate Sucheta Joshi
-vascular neurologist & DEI advocate Alexis Simpkins
-& me!
www.amwa-doc.org/news/announc...

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 22d

Honored to share that I am a American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Inspire Award Recipient!

Congratulations to this incredible group of physicians!

www.amwa-doc.org/news/announc...

Announcement of the 2025 AMWA Inspire Awardees with photos of each recipient. One of the awardees, Diana Cejas, MD, MPH, wears a bright yellow dress and white floral earrings in her photo.

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · 28d

Incredibly excited to share that I am a Fall 2025 Ucross Fellow!

Thanks to @ucrossfoundation.bsky.social for providing me with the time and space to work on my art. See you soon!

An announcement reading "Congratulations to the Fall 2025 Ucross Fellows" written in black block letters over a photo of a tree lined road during the Fall. Many of the trees have started dropping their yellow leaves on the empty road.

A list of the 2025 Ucross Fall Fellows in Literature which includes Diana Cejas - a fellow in Nonfiction from Rougemont, NC

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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · Aug 26

AAP’s latest immunization schedule is rooted in pediatric science and clinical care, and includes recommendations that will help children build the strongest immune defense against respiratory illnesses, like the flu, COVID-19 and RSV. Learn more by visiting our website.
www.aap.org

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · Sep 4

The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Jul 10

Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.

For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵

Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled

Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.

www.motherjones.com

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · Sep 6

When I see people online, even in jest, suggest that people living in Republican-controlled states should be abandoned because of their politicians, I feel a deep heartache. New York CREATED Donald Trump and none of y’all are ever talk about it the way you disparage Alabama or Mississippi.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Aug 29

“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”

Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding

www.nytimes.com

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 27

Mental health conditions, like suicides & overdoses, are the leading underlying causes of maternal deaths in the US.
Antidepressants save women's lives—& they're safe.
So why is RFKJr's FDA hell-bent on undermining their use among pregnant & postpartum moms?
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?

A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."

www.motherjones.com

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Gwen Zeigler @gwenzeigler.bsky.social · Jul 16

An absolute must read from @drbhooma.bsky.social @dianacejasmd.bsky.social

www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Advancing Disability Equity in Neurology | Neurology

www.neurology.org

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · Jul 12

Me and my scar 1 day out of the hospital, 1 week after my stroke, 1 month after my cancer diagnosis

Me and my scar 13 years and 1 day out of the hospital, 13 years and 1 week after my stroke, 13 years and 1 month after my cancer diagnosis

I am still here.

A Black woman (Diana) smiles as she takes a selfie in the bathroom mirror. She is wearing brown tortoiseshell glasses and a pink nightdress with little pink flowers on the collar. A bandage covers a fresh surgical wound on the right side of her neck. Her smile is lopsided because she recently had a stroke.

A Black woman (Diana) with long braids smiles as she takes a selfie. She sits in front of a shelf full of plants. She is wearing gold earrings and a green dress. The scar on her neck is healed now. Her smile is still a little lopsided because of the stroke that she had years ago.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jul 5

Children depend on their adults and the adults who have power over their communities to keep them safe. I hate when the adults don’t do that.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · Jul 5

I need y’all to see the disconnect between your very real concern about gerrymandering and all the forms of voter suppression and your ire against southern and red states and your belief that all those people get what they deserve.

You don’t actually care about the first if you believe the second.

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · Jul 5

thirteen years after cancer, thirteen years after a stroke, I am still here

An orange and pink four o'clock flower blossom pointing towards the sun on a hot summer afternoon

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Diana Cejas, MD, MPH @dianacejasmd.bsky.social · Jul 3

It's more important than ever for neurologists & all in healthcare to advocate for equitable care for disabled people

So proud to be an author on this position statement & proud to see @aanmember.bsky.social standing up for disability equity, access, & inclusion

www.neurology.org/doi/10.1212/...

Advancing Disability Equity in Neurology | Neurology

www.neurology.org

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Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · Jun 26

This NY Times podcast discusses 1,700 NIH grants that were cancelled mid-stream. They largely fell into two categories: (a) studies of underrepresented populations (e.g., black women, gay men); and (b) studies by researchers from underrepresented groups.

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/p...

Breaking Down the Massive Cuts to Science Funding

www.nytimes.com

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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · Jun 27

Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...

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Joshua Budhu @jbudhu.bsky.social · Jun 18

A bit late in sharing, but proud of this piece published in
@pedneurojournal.bsky.social. As DEI efforts face backlash, we argue why neurologists must stay committed to equity for the health of our profession and our patients.

www.pedneur.com/article/S088...

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Renewing the Commitment to Diversity in Neurology: Resisting the Backlash

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected underprivileged and marginalized groups in the United States.1 Although while this disparate impact was unsurprising to health disparities researchers...

www.pedneur.com

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Jun 11

When I heard the mom of a trans girl say the night her daughter came out to her was the first time she'd ever seen her child happy, I knew it was a story I needed to share.

These are the stories the public isn't hearing. An honor to get to report on 3 family's journeys for @teenvogue.com.

Why These Trans Teens and Their Families Risked Everything to Get Gender-Affirming Care

It’s as simple as love.

www.teenvogue.com

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · Jun 11

6/9/25 STAT News by Jules Sherman:

A broken system forces parents to DIY hospital-level care for their medically complex children archive.is/U5KHt

#medsky #pedsky 🛟

baby is on the floor playing with some blocks. He is lying on his back. He has a ventilator attached to his neck. A ventilator is on a rolling child's toy. Cords are also attached.

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Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA @krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · Jun 9

💉 The #HPV #vaccine isn’t just safe — it’s revolutionary.

A major Swedish study found it cut cervical cancer by nearly 90% when given before age 17.

We’re not just preventing infections — we’re eliminating a cancer. #VaccinesWork #HPV #CervicalCancer #PublicHealth

www.cancer.gov/news-events/...

Study Confirms HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer

Widespread HPV vaccine use dramatically reduces the number of women who will develop cervical cancer, a large study has shown. In the study of nearly 1.7 million women, the vaccine was particularly ef...

www.cancer.gov

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Jun 10

"Secretary Kennedy’s team argues that there is insufficient evidence to support updated COVID-19 vaccines for healthy Americans under 65, but this claim is unfounded. Years of data demonstrate that vaccines save lives and reduce hospitalizations across all age groups." time.com/7292898/rfk-...

RFK Jr. Purging the CDC Advisory Committee Will Put Lives at Risk

"The stakes are high, but a better path is possible," writes Trump’s first Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams.

time.com

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jun 3

“People are scared they're going to lose their kids. You don’t have to legislate it if you scare people so much that they self-police.”

A sobering report from Human Rights Watch on the impact of bans on gender-affirming care at the center of a pending SCOTUS decision

US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth

Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Since 2...

www.hrw.org

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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · May 31

The related paper is now out at Annals of Emergency Medicine!

Planey, Singer, Lewis, & Shaffer (2025) The Spatial Patterning of Recent Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) Violations in the United States. 2016-2022 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lBL2ib7EP...

#HealthPolicy

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