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Lea Alhilali, MD

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Lea Alhilali, MD

@teachplaygrub

Neuroradiologist @HRInstitute_AZ. @BarrowNeuro. Striving to make learning neuroimaging and anatomy fun. If I can make you laugh, I can make you learn.

Phoenix, AZ

Joined April 2022

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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Jun 17, 2022
1/Radiologist not answering the phone?Just want a quick read on that stat head CT? Here's a little help on how to do it yourself w/a #tweetorial on how to read a head CT! #medtwitter #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medstudenttwitter #medstudent #neurorad #radres @MedTweetorials #neurosurgery
Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Oct 11, 2024
1/Radiologist not answering the phone? Just want a quick read on that stat head CT? Here's a little help on how to do it yourself w/a thread on how to read a head CT!
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Oct 18, 2024
1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI? T1 shortening what? T2 prolongation who? Here’s a translation w/an introductory thread to MRI.
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Apr 25, 2025
1/Radiologist not answering the phone? Just want a quick read on that stat head CT? Here's a little help on how to do it yourself w/a thread on how to read a head CT!
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Dec 4, 2023
1/If you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying! Are you looking at MRIs? Feeling some confusion about the diffusion? Feel impaired when it comes to the FLAIR? Wish you could cheat a little? Here’s a little cheat sheet on all the sequences you NEED to know for looking at MRIs!
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Sep 22, 2023
1/Raise your hand if you’re confused by the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! I could never seem to remember or understand it—but now I do & I’ll show you how A thread so you will never fear brachial plexus anatomy again!
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Sep 30, 2022
1/Raise your hand if you’re confused by the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! I could never quite remember or understand it—but now I do & I’ll show you how A #tweetorial on #brachialplexus #anatomy! #medtwitter #meded #neurosurgery #orthotwitter #orthopedics #neurorad #radres #medstudent #FOAMed
Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Jun 27, 2022
1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI? T1 shortening what?T2 prolongation who? Here’s a translation w/a #tweetorial introduction to MRI #medtwitter #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medstudent #neurorad #radres @MedTweetorials #neurosurgery
Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
May 2, 2025
1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI? T1 shortening what? T2 prolongation who? Here’s a translation w/an introductory thread to MRI.
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Apr 5, 2024
If you aren’t cheating, you aren’t trying! Are you looking at MRIs? Feeling some confusion about the diffusion? Feel impaired when it comes to the FLAIR? Wish you could cheat a little? Here’s a little cheat sheet on all the sequences you NEED to know if you are looking at
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
May 1, 2023
1/Do radiologists sound like they are speaking a different language when they talk about MRI? T1 shortening what? T2 prolongation who? Here’s a translation w/a #tweetorial introduction to MRI. #medtwitter #FOAMed #FOAMrad #medstudent #neurorad #radres #ASNR23 #neurosurgery
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Jul 14, 2023
Knowledge is contagious! Infectious encephalitis can be a difficult diagnosis, but patterns on MRI can suggest an etiology Here is a figure to help you remember the most *common* encephalitis patterns for different organisms #medtwitter #meded #FOAMed #neurotwitter #radres
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Mar 7, 2025
You will never know how much work this reel took!! I think if I had known how hard it was when I started, I wouldn’t have started at all 😂 Scrolling through a brain MRI is like driving down the road. There are signposts & check marks along the way. These are some of the
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Lea Alhilali, MD
@teachplaygrub
Dec 8, 2023
Knowledge is contagious! Infectious encephalitis is a difficult diagnosis, but patterns on MRI can suggest an etiology. Most know herpes & the temporal lobe Do YOU know any more? Here’s a figure to help you remember the most “common” encephalitis patterns for different
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