PGY-4 at @USCSurgery | MD from @GWSMHS, Alum of @NorthwesternU 💉🏳️‍🌈 he/him

Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2010
look how gay i look for this trauma call
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Surgeons sponsored for H-1B visas represent a small fraction of the US workforce but are overrepresented in rural and high-poverty counties, where surgical shortages are most pronounced. ja.ma/4rQVVhC
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Physician here! Answer is no ✨💫 Hope this helps!
REPORTER: Should ERs check immigration status before treating a dying patient? LEAVITT: That's probably not a question for me to answer. That's a question for healthcare professionals and legal experts to answer. (That's not a no!)
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fixed it girlie
🚨 Lorde announces the Ultrasound World Tour.
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fireworks here in east LA!!! go dodgers
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Will Ferrell and his close friend, former head writer at SNL, Harper Steele embark on a cross-country road trip together after Harper comes out as a trans woman in the documentary film, WILL & HARPER. In select theaters this September and on Netflix September 27.
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Gov. Walz’s full closing remarks during his acceptance speech: “It’s the fourth quarter, we’re down a field goal…”
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DNC airs new “Freedom” ad to kick off the Democratic Convention
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Call me what you want, but this Harris/Walz video totally owns. That Beyoncé song is amazing.
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that’s how I’ve been referring to them for years big deal
The young actress who plays Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s daughter in ‘WE LIVE TIME’ still refers to them as "Mummy Florence" and "Daddy Andrew."
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this should hurt to look at. this should make you feel sick. this is one of the worst tragedies in human history and you can see it from space.
Replying to @latestinspace
15. Gaza (2023 - 2024) 🇵🇸
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Happy #PrideMonth and #LAPride to our LGBTQ+ patients, healthcare workers and residents!! 🌈 @leightonmd
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“what struck me most about those who are protesting is how long they waited. the restraint they showed. not the spontaneity, the restraint. they waited and waited for justice. and it didn’t come. no one talks about that...” - Toni Morrison
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no meme this is just what I look like on rounds
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was staffing a consult for a patient on ECMO now with acute limb ischemia with my attending in the OR and accidentally said “the initial reported pulse exam was sus” and I’m gonna eject myself – at Los Angeles, CA
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she ate this sooooo nasty I can’t get over it
this hits so hard! ❤️‍🔥
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WELCOME TO USC SURGERY!!! (Plz take my pager) ❤️✌️ – at Los Angeles, CA
Congratulations to the newest members of USC Surgery!!!!
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Congratulations to the newest members of USC Surgery!!!!
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It’s match week!! Can’t wait to meet the newest additions to our gen surg family 😁✌️ #Match2024
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to think how many people had to die for this half assed statement – at Los Angeles, CA
Vice President Kamala Harris calls for "an immediate ceasefire" in the Israel-Hamas war during a speech in Selma, Alabama.
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