I'm livid. My colleague lost her child in the Nashville shooting. So this is personal.
See our full plan on how we're going to stop more shootings in the 🧵. Because thoughts and prayers will NEVER be enough.
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Jesse Ehrenfeld MD MPH
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Jesse Ehrenfeld MD MPH
@DoctorJesseMD
Global Chief Medical Officer @Aidocmed; Former President @AmerMedicalAssn; Anesthesiologist; Navy Combat Veteran; Professor @MedicalCollege; Husband/Dad 🏳️🌈
- About to be inaugurated as the next @AmerMedicalAssn president! I am super excited for tonight, it's been a surreal experience getting to this day. Looking forward to getting to tackling the challenges ahead and getting work! #AMAmtg
00:00 - Replying to @DoctorJesseMDThis is not just a tragedy, it’s a public health crisis that has serious societal and economic effects on our health care system, communities, workplaces, schools, law enforcement agencies and courts
- Happy Passover, from our family to yours! #Passover2024
- All smiles! So happy that our 6 month old son was able to get his #covid19 #vaccine today. The science is clear. Vaccines work. @AmerMedicalAssn @ahwendowment @MedicalCollege @HHSvaccines
- Replying to @DoctorJesseMDCongress must earmark appropriations specifically for firearm violence research efforts. Congress must increase funding to CDC and NIH for research into the prevention of firearm-related morbidity and mortality. Congress must take action.
- Replying to @DoctorJesseMDAccording to the CDC, nearly 49,000 Americans died due to firearms in 2021 – a 28-year high – and tens of thousands more were seriously injured, devastating families in small towns and big cities alike. 1/3 of all firearm-related deaths are homicides, almost 2/3 are suicides
- My heart goes out to our physician colleagues in Tennessee and across the country who are mourning the murder of Dr. Benjamin Mauck. The AMA condemns violence targeted at physicians and other healthcare workers and continues to urge policymakers to pursue commonsense policies
- Replying to @DoctorJesseMDThe AMA has called for efforts to curb firearm violence since the 1980s and has advocated for policies that support extending waiting periods, strengthening background checks, restoring the ban on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity magazines & regulating ghost guns
00:00- It’s been a whirlwind of a week, but I’m back at the hospital doing what I love most — taking care of patients!
00:00 - Quick stop at the @AmericanAir Flagship lounge as we make our way to see the grandparents! #Thanksgiving
