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Music Nerd, Pediatric ICU Doc, Potty Mouth, Mathlete, Husband to a Mother of Dragons. I can be found left of the dial or east of the Blue Ridge.
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When I was a #PedsICU fellow, my go-to meal if I had a crappy dayshift was Chipotle. When I moved back to VA, it became Bojangles though I'm currently on a sushi kick (I have a black cloud, for the record). But, after a crappy night shift, nothing beats a Dutch baby.

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“If confirmed, he [RFK jr.] will maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices without changes,” Senator Cassidy said in a Feb. 4 Senate speech. Color me surprised 😠

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For no particular reason, what the Commonwealth of Virginia thinks about kings.

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Charlottesville #50501 National Day of Protest It’s easy to get overwhelmed by all the insanity but it’s punk rock time now. Let’s get to work.

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Several hundred protesters out in Charlottesville for the National Day of Protest!

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I see what you did there @washingtonpost.com Sunday Crossword Puzzle with 33 across. Well played

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I’m cool with those top 3 in any order though New Day Rising at #1 is my fave. Warehouse at #6 is criminal

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I'm home with a sick 10-year-old today and have spent far too much time doomscrolling but this genuinely made me laugh out loud.

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Trump scoffed that U.S.A.I.D. was “run by radical lunatics.” Is it radical lunacy to try to save children’s lives? To promote literacy for girls? To fight blindness?

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This could fix everything.

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And with the utmost sincerity I can muster, I say to you Congressman McCormick, you may go fuck yourself.

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🔥🔥 Central vs peripheral #ECMO cannulation in #PedsICU patients with sepsis: 👥1242 patients 📃retrospective analysis of ELSO registry ❤️ not including congenital heart disease ⬇️ Mortality with ⬆️ flow rates @ 4hrs (but not 24hr) ⬆️ Mortality with periph cannulation journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/...

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I have been waiting with bated breath for a story exploring Snyder's reaction to the WFT's success, but this is more bonkers than I could ever have imagined. To Mr. Snyder, and I say this with the utmost of sincerity, go fuck yourself.

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VMA making the list!

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Heavy on Europe (and jazz) - missing some US stations of the cross (hello! Reckless Records in Chicago...) but an interesting read nonetheless

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Bezos Offers WaPo Journalists $50 Amazon Gift Cards not to Quit www.borowitzreport.com/p/bezos-offe...

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The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

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Really proud of this work demonstrating improved cardiac arrest outcomes in the #PedsICU after implementation of a predictive analytics display. #OpenAccess #MedSky

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Advertise your account with one Simpsons image

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Just got into an Uber in SLC with my family and Blink 182 was on the radio. Driver asked where we from and the eldest boy responded “Virginia” and then he immediately changed the radio to the country station. Is this music profiling? 🎶😂

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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square. 45² = 45 x 45 = 2025 Also, 9² x 5² = 2025 40² + 20² + 5² = 2025 My favourite? 1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025 #Mathematics #teaching #education

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My favorite Cusack movie - Grosse Point Blank

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Happy 67th birthday to Mike Watt, one of the nicest rock stars I've ever met and who shares a birthday with my dad (who would have turned 81 today).

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I am a sucker for the @washingtonpost.com Medical Mysteries for many reasons including observing how the lay press present confounding cases. This week's case features my favorite diagnostician - the great Dr. Steve Borowitz of UVA Children's Pediatric GI www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/...

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No argument with #1 ("When Doves Cry") though personally prefer #6 ("Let's Go Crazy"). I love Stevie Wonder but "I Just Called To Say I Love You" deserves to be ranked lower than #13. "Let's Hear It For The Boy" (#5) over "Time After Time" (#9) and "What's Love Got To Do With It" (#7)? No way

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Life's Rich Pageant is my favorite R.E.M. record, but is Document their best album? Discuss

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Excited to welcome James Wiley and Reyna Osorio to the UVA Children's #PedsICU team! #MatchDay2024

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Way too early in my BlueSky career but still kind of spot on. blueskyroast.com #roasted

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Outside of record stores, I’m not a big shopper, especially on Black Friday. So, the Mrs. and I took the youngest dragon to the Virginia Museum of Fine Art today. 🖼️: Stade III (2004) by Julia Mehretu

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Combining some interests: here’s a NYC transit map of the brachial plexus that I made. #MedEd

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#PedsICU peeps - spread the word! Return of in-person Peds #SCCMCurrentConcepts this year at the #SCCM 2025 Annual Congress! Register at my.sccm.org

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🚨PREMIERE🚨 we have the absolute honor of premiering @perennialtheband.bsky.social’s new video for absolute thrasher: “Mouthful of Bees” watch the new video, & read some words we wrote about the coolest band in the world here!⬇️ www.smallalbums.com/premieres

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I've been a big fan of Rory Smith's European Nights episodes of Men in Blazers with Roger Bennett but this seals the deal for my forever fandom. For those among you who've coached youth soccer, give it a read.

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