This is so horrible. I am hearing two medical residents in NYC have died of COVID-19 after serving on the front line w/o proper PPE. So many years of education and with so much potential, to succumb like this—they truly are heroes.
Sandeep Jauhar
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Sandeep Jauhar
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Doctor, NYT op-ed writer, TED speaker / NYT bestselling author of "Intern," "Doctored," "Heart," and "My Father's Brain," a New Yorker Best Book of 2023
- Income volatility is hugely detrimental, linked to higher risk of heart attacks and strokes. Mitt Romney (essentially @AndrewYang's) proposal is attractive both as an economic and public health measure.NEW from @MittRomney: “Every American adult should immediately receive $1,000 to help ensure families and workers can meet their short-term obligations and increase spending in the economy.”
- New York City is asking doctors to come out of retirement to help take care of COVID patients. Why not start w the U.S. relaxing restrictions on the thousands of immigrant physicians already working in this country, so they can go anywhere they’re needed?
- Such a great article: “Households that got cash instead of standard aid packages saved 60% more, consumed 32% more, & expanded productive assets like livestock by 76% more...Recipients' diets improved & so did their kid’s height, weight, and...survival" bostonglobe.com/2020/10/17/opi…
- Doctors and nurses may be heroes in this pandemic, but we will not be martyrs. My op-ed in the @nytimes. nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opi…
- I have been rejected by @Harvard more times than any living person. College, grad school, law school, med school, MSTP, residency, and fellowship, too. So when a friend sends me a picture of my book at the Harvard bookstore, it can’t help but put a 😊 on my face.
- Some other ammunition for @AndrewYang supporters: Among middle-aged adults, >50% income drops were linked to higher risk of heart disease, while income rise was linked to significantly lower risk. Evidence that universal basic income could be good for public health. #DemDebate
- Since there’s been so much talk about commotio cordis with regard to #DamarHamlin, I figured I’d give a short explainer. Commotio cordis was discovered by a guy named George Mines who worked in Montreal in the early 1900s. By a cruel twist, it was also the reason he died. (1/n)
- Nearly 1 out of 3 physicians, 1 out of 4 dentists, 1 out of 5 pharmacists, and 1 out of 6 nurses in this country were not born in the US. It’s simple, really: Without immigrants, our healthcare system would fall apart.
- More for the #YangGang: Income volatility has also been linked to poor brain health. @AndrewYang’s UBI looks attractive simply as a public health measure. #DemDebate
- The electronic medical record today is bloated and inaccurate, mainly because of rampant copying and pasting. I wrote about this in @statnews. Here’s a short summary... (1)
- Death is not simply a biological fact, but it's also a social choice. To increase the number of donor organs, we should expand the definition of death. An op-ed I wrote with Snehal Patel and Deane Smith in the @nytimes today. nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opi… via @nytopinion
- As @ewarren rightly points out, forcing diabetics to ration insulin because they can’t afford it is a moral stain on our society. #DemDebate
- A beloved patient of mine died at home today. Lab tests suggest #COVID19. He was a World War II veteran, one of the oldest on Long Island. Lovely man, wry wit, kind soul. His twin brother succumbed in a different pandemic, the Spanish flu...101 years ago.
