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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD

@halliedolin.bsky.social

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Pathology resident (PGY-3), aspiring clinical pathologist, wannabe writer, and former theater kid. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, class of 2026.

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Jan 11

🎵If you're coughing and you know it, wear a mask 👏👏
At this point, I shouldn't even have to ask 👏👏
You may think that it's outrageous
But you really are contagious
If you're coughing and you know it, wear a mask!👏👏🎵

scottsuttell.bsky.social @scottsuttell.bsky.social · Jan 3

You're not imagining it — lots of people are sick of late. Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, MetroHealth and Summa Health confirmed they have been seeing more respiratory illnesses amid an uptick in virus activity.
www.crainscleveland.com/health-care/...

After slow start, respiratory virus season picks up in Northeast Ohio

Area health systems are reporting more cases of COVID-19, RSV and other respiratory illnesses.

www.crainscleveland.com

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Pawpaw Pedinska @pedinska.bsky.social · Jul 29

Half my career was spent doing lab research in support of this goal. To be privileged enough to see it reached is humbling. To be aware enough to know that this kind of success will be denied future researchers because of this administration is anguish.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · Jul 28

If you were alive in the 1980s, this is among the most wonderful & truly incredible things you have ever witnessed in your lifetime.

Don't Fret. It Adores You @seed-corn-thoughts.bsky.social · Jul 27

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Jul 27

I was so lucky to get to sing this song at #ASMicrobe2025 (courtesy of @asm.org), thanks to the generosity of Dr. Sheldon Campbell at @yalepathology.bsky.social. Learn about dengue, but don't contract it! #ClinMicro #PathSky #IDSky

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A Song About a Virus - Hallie Dolin, M.D. , Ph.D.

YouTube video by American Society for Microbiology

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Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · Jun 8

🔽 antibiotic sales for livestock 👉 🔽 antibiotic resistance in livestock.

Livestock = an important, *modifiable* reservoir of #AMR

#IDSky #ClinMicro @bsacandjac.bsky.social

Decreasing antimicrobial resistance in representative UK livestock species was associated with reduced total sales of antimicrobials in the last decade

AbstractBackground. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria is a leading global health crisis estimated to currently contribute to human mort

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Oh, I need to remember this one. Thanks for the chart!

Gabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · Jun 11

Great schematic reminder of different antifungals' coverage! #IDSky #ClinMicro

Stanford Antimicrobial Safety & Sustainability Program @stanfordasp.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔍 For a review of posaconazole’s spectrum of activity, see the attached figure. PMID: 21803962

⚠️ If there is ever concern for breakthrough infection, it’s best to consult Infectious Diseases (ID).

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Megan @megothelioma.bsky.social · Jun 11

This young patient's blood was loaded with reticulocytes and polychromatic RBCs. I think it's cool how it gets a blue tinge.

#hematology #pathsky

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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · Jun 8

“The infectivity of NB.1.8.1 was significantly higher (2·5-fold; p<0·0001) than that of LP.8.1. NB.1.8.1 binds more strongly to ACE2 than LP.8.1.5 … the increased fitness of NB.1.8.1 is due to its augmented infectivity rather than its increased immune evasion”.

The Sato Lab (Kei Sato) @systemsvirology.bsky.social · Jun 7

BREAKING🔔 The 53th paper from G2P-Japan🇯🇵 is out at Lancet Infectious Diseases @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social. We elucidated the virological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1. Please repost🔥
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Virological characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 NB.1.8.1 variant

After the spread of SARS-CoV-2 JN.1, its subvariants, such as KP.3 (JN.1.11.1.3)1 and KP.3.1.1 (JN.1.11.1.3.1.1),2 and XEC (a recombinant lineage of two JN.1 subvariants),3 emerged and rapidly spread ...

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · Jun 2

DOGE is now reviewing every NIH grant that goes out, I reported last week.

That review is AI-driven and is screening for DEI, trans health, China, vaccine hesitancy, and the institutions to whom Trump has blocked funding, @hannahnatanson.bsky.social reports.

Gift link: wapo.st/3HhnPSt

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Jun 1

I finished my #FlashFictionChallenge2025 story for @nycmidnight.bsky.social's Round 1! Just crossing my fingers from here on out.

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · Jun 1

May 31, 2025 - World No Tobacco Day! #TobaccoExposed #WNTD #WorldNoTobaccoDay

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · May 31

Screenshot of scene from the old game Oregon Trail. There is a green graphic on a black background. The graphic is of an ox pulling a wagon and below it is says YOU HAVE LISTENED TO RFK Jr.

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · May 31

I think I spent two hours earlier writing seven pages of notes...my hand is tired!

NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social · May 31

The 1st Round of the Flash Fiction Challenge 2025 is underway! View the list of participating writers, genre/location/object assignments, and a countdown until the deadline at nycmidnight.co/3FBvMRN. Best of luck to the 3,000+ writers participating over the next 48 hours!

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · May 30

“The number of cavities and decayed teeth in American children and teens (ages 0–19) will increase by an estimated 7.5 percentage points over the first five years. That means there will be 25.4 million more rotten teeth in the mouths of children and teenagers.”

RFK Jr.’s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost $9.8 billion

The modeling estimates don’t account for other costs, like parents’ lost work.

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · May 30

Shout-out to the time one of my brothers called the gross room "the renal colony." #PathSky 🤣

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Sanjay Mukhopadhyay @smlungpathguy.bsky.social · May 24

#pathsky #pathology #pulmpath #pathbugs #crittersonbluesky

Cryptococcosis

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Blood Journals' Portfolio @bloodjournals.hematology.org · May 16

🔊How I Treat Transfusion Medicine (part 1) 🎧 buff.ly/fTDgAcL #hemesky @ericawood.bsky.social

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · May 24

Every time I see a case of severe malaria requiring IV artesunate I am reminded of how completely bonkers drug pricing in the US is. A treatment course anywhere else in the world is <100$ in the US it's $30,000. Pls take malaria prophylaxis if indicated for travel.🙏🏽
www.statnews.com/2021/06/11/u...

Unaffordable treatment for severe malaria highlights U.S. drug market pitfalls

It is shocking to think that U.S. citizens may receive better treatment for severe malaria at lower cost in a low-income country than they would at home.

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Lux @pathparazzi.bsky.social · Apr 18

Another case from this past week. Lung biopsy for new lung nodule suspected to be cancer.

Nearly thought I had to sign out medical lung but then I saw granulomas with asteroid bodies. And then the numerous yeast!

Currently pending cultures and PCR. #PathSky

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Betty C. Jung @bettycjung.bsky.social · Mar 29

WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/who-...

WHO alert on US measles outbreak adds new genetic details

The genotype in the Texas outbreak has also been identified in samples from patients in New Mexico and Kansas.

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Mar 25

Another joke for #PathSky:

A GI pathologist comes home looking super upset. Her husband asks her what's wrong, and she says "I'm dealing with a complicated a**hole situation at work."

"Wow. Did they hire someone horrible?" he asks.

"No," the GI pathologist says, "I meant that literally."

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Dr Tatiana Hitchen @txhitchen.bsky.social · Mar 17

A little indistinct - calcium pyrophosphate crystals in pseudogout #PathSky

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Alexander Nader, Einschauer, Pathologist @alexnader.bsky.social · Mar 19

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When I started as trainee '86, I found Whartin-Finkeldeys in a measles tonsil. Now, 39 years later, I have to find them again. Pseudoscience sucks, go get vaccinations . #pathsky

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Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Mar 23

Presentation photo from today at @fanexpocleveland.bsky.social! I had an amazing time teaching and am so happy to have been given the opportunity.

Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Mar 16

And from my Facebook, 2023. #PathSky

Hallie Dolin, MD, PhD @halliedolin.bsky.social · Mar 14

A blast from the past - my attempt at humor in the class group chat, first year of residency, before I switched to clinical pathology only. 😂 #PathSky