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Susan Lee

@drmommy

Proud to be an IM physician and mom. I believe in justice. Dog lover and foodie. PGY > 3 decades, passionate about making primary care great. Medical educator, lifelong student, believe in doing the most good.

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Nurses union calls ICE agents a “public health threat” after Alex Pretti killing Colleagues remembered Pretti as a kind and dedicated ICU nurse at the VA.

“Make no mistake, the terror we are experiencing is being subsidized by our own government. Nurses, know that our vision for a healthy society is possible and we will not stop fighting until it is a reality.”

27.01.2026 04:00 👍 1001 🔁 330 💬 14 📌 10
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.

26.01.2026 22:14 👍 54654 🔁 13951 💬 816 📌 492

He was every (insert role of a dedicated health care worker) we all know..... 😢

25.01.2026 13:49 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

24.01.2026 19:31 👍 60609 🔁 18864 💬 1403 📌 741
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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

It's Terrorism, plain and simple. Every state is at risk. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

25.01.2026 13:46 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It took me months to finish The Power Broker. Robert Moses’ unchecked power and the lasting impact on the city is a sobering reminder about the dangers of unchecked authority. Definitely worth the read especially if you live on Long Island.

27.12.2025 03:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A nice message from Snoopy and the gang. @schulzmuseum.bsky.social

24.12.2025 17:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | What Your Loved Ones With Dementia Are Picking Up On

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...

23.12.2025 21:05 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
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Opinion | $27,000 a Year for Health Insurance. How Can We Afford That?

This should concern all Americans. How are patients going to pay for healthcare? Healthcare should be a right for all. We need to do better. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...

13.12.2025 15:44 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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Thanks to all who contributed to Team IMGenerous for the @hcwvshunger.bsky.social Challenge. We beat last year's total and did a lot of good! ❤️🍎 @nyacp.bsky.social

04.12.2025 00:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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@hcwvshunger.bsky.social @nyacp.bsky.social @acpimphysicians.bsky.social There is still time to contribute to your favorite Food Bank to make a difference and join Team #IMGenerous We can do it! 💪🍎

02.12.2025 13:19 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians? Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.

30.11.2025 21:18 👍 614 🔁 209 💬 37 📌 24
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Healthcare Workers vs Hunger Healthcare workers vs Hunger is an annual friendly competition between teams of healthcare workers to help relieve food insecurity.

In 48 hours we’ve raised over $100k to feed those in need through #HCWvsHunger, an annual competition to raise money for the food banks YOU CHOOSE.

Donate today and log your donation for your favorite team at HCWvsHunger.org

And if you can’t donate, please repost!

29.11.2025 23:52 👍 74 🔁 40 💬 1 📌 9

Happy Thanksgiving Bill!

27.11.2025 13:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Calling all #IMGenerous (internists or any flavor thereof!). Get your donating shoes on! It’s a good year to fight hunger! #hcwvshunger

21.11.2025 01:24 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Join me to fight hunger again this year and donate to a food bank for Team #IMGenerous
Let’s show everyone how generous the Internal
Medicine community is 🍎 @acpimphysicians.bsky.socia

27.11.2025 03:21 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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5 Questions to Ask Your Elders Over the Holidays

Great tips for Thanksgiving gatherings. Ask your elders some questions. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

25.11.2025 14:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes! What a wonderful word!

12.11.2025 23:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A Reminder in Every Story: The Cost of Vaccine Hesitancy | Annals of Internal Medicine

This essay reflects the high cost of vaccine hesitancy. @acpimphysicians.bsky.social www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

10.11.2025 23:16 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Opinion | The Lovely Loneliness of Sunday Afternoons in Autumn

A beautiful essay for a Sunday afternoon. I have fond memories of Sundays with neighborhood kids doing what seemed like nothing and going home when it got dark. @margaretrenkl.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...

09.11.2025 21:01 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger taking a selfie together

Good morning to these future governors!

05.11.2025 14:42 👍 25314 🔁 3701 💬 422 📌 155

Congratulations to all the Democratic candidates who won tonight. It’s a reminder that when we come together around strong, forward-looking leaders who care about the issues that matter, we can win. We’ve still got plenty of work to do, but the future looks a little bit brighter.

05.11.2025 02:47 👍 61759 🔁 11148 💬 1183 📌 516
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How one tech startup is giving cash to SNAP recipients Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help. n.pr/4hKqa6z

04.11.2025 12:18 👍 402 🔁 129 💬 18 📌 8
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One Mass. health system is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. Some don’t like it Mass General Brigham has turned to AI to address a critical shortage of primary care doctors, launching an AI app that questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a list of potential dia...

Not a fan of this. One Mass. health system is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. A case is described where a patient got three BP meds renewed on telehealth without an exam- Not Good! www.statnews.com/2025/10/12/m... via @statnews.com

03.11.2025 12:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

01.11.2025 17:15 👍 13272 🔁 5025 💬 547 📌 271
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Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? (Gift Article) Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Some say it can’t happen here. Read this and think again. Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

02.11.2025 01:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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5 Places to Turn for Accurate Health Information

I would also add that the American College of Physicians has evidence based resources www.acponline.org/clinical-inf... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...

13.09.2025 14:44 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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@acpimphysicians.bsky.social This statement matters! Thank you for saying enough is enough…

11.09.2025 01:07 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Deprofessionalization: An Emerging Threat To The Physician Workforce | Health Affairs Forefront The loss of physicians’ standing as professionals when they become employees of large systems cannot be ignored. We are already beginning to see the effects of deprofessionalization on the physician w...

Excellent op ed piece about how many physicians feel. www.healthaffairs.org/content/fore...

06.09.2025 12:22 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Gutted: How Deeply Trump Has Cut Federal Health Agencies More than 20,500 workers have left or been pushed out of federal health agencies, a ProPublica analysis found. Staffers say the cuts will leave their agencies less equipped to conduct studies, perform...

We should all be nervous about this. This doesn't bode well for the next health emergency in America. Be concerned! projects.propublica.org/federal-heal...,

21.08.2025 11:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0