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Houssein Safa, MD
@hsafaMD
PGY6 Hem/Onc fellow @BCMHouston. Postdoc alumnus @MDandersonnews. Creator of “🩸 Heme for the Non-Hematologist/Onc for the Non-Oncologist🎗️”. Views are my own.
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Sep 14, 2025
    🧵- 🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸 🎗️Oncology for The Non-Oncologist🎗️ This series reached +1.5M views, +12k likes, & +3k new followers in under 8 weeks. Very Grateful for the support. I put together a collection of all 20 episodes so far in the links below 👇🏻
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Aug 3, 2021
    Today I convinced three patients to take the covid vaccine. Today was a good day.
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Jan 29, 2023
    Unpopular opinion but if a trainee asks you a simple medical question that you can answer in 2 min during rounds plz don’t ask them to look it up themselves when you have the needed information at your immediate disposal. It’s both discouraging and inefficient. Agree? Disagree?
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Nov 27, 2020
    There are 2 types of people in this world
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Feb 6, 2021
    The best compliment you can get as an intern is "Thank god you're the one on call today"
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Sep 12, 2020
    Can we normalize this for adult medicine also?
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Mar 25, 2022
    Believe it or not chatting w/ med students is not a taboo nor will it kill u. Incoming interns plz acknowledge your med students, say hi if they’re sitting alone, say good morning if you come in early & they’re the 1st to show up, make them feel they’re part of team bcz they are.
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Mar 22, 2021
    Good morning to everyone except those who say why don’t you look it up and tell us about it tomorrow
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Aug 15, 2025
    🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematologist🩸 (A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians) Episode 7: Leukemia and Lymphoma Alphabet Soups: AML, CLL, CML, ALL, acute vs chronic - myeloid vs lymphoid. Let’s decode all this. Listen up - 🧵
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Oct 11, 2020
    Learning curve in intern year is so real, so far I've learned how to: - Sleep 5 hours a day - Eat lunch in 3.5 min - Boost my keyboard typing speed x3, single handed while answering 4 telephone calls simultaneously - Memorize a bunch of passwords What have u learned so far?
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Nov 30, 2022
    There's a new Lebanese fellow on the block 🇱🇧 Watch out Habibi!😎 It’s unbelievable how 1 email can be so emotionally overwhelming, a true culmination of years of hard work. Mom & Pop, despite humble beginnings .. we finally made it, this boy lived another day to make u proud.
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Jan 27, 2023
    If your stable patient is asleep during pre-rounds, please don’t wake them up. Deep sleep is a very rare precious commodity during hospitalization, let them have it.
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Aug 1, 2025
    🩸Hematology for The Non-Hematology🩸 (A practical educational series for internal medicine trainees and physicians) Episode 5: Profuse bleeding? Which blood product to grab: PLT, Cryo, FFP, or PCC? 😱 The answer’s easier than you think Listen up - 🧵
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    Houssein Safa, MD
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    Feb 14, 2023
    A patient brought some Syrian baklava to clinic today 11:00 am Vs. 1 pm
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