Sara Schaefer, MD, MHS, FAAN 🧠

Facts:
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors

28.05.2025 21:20 — 👍 219    🔁 78    💬 6    📌 16

Can I expense this for my new role as residency PD? Seems essential for my job. What do you think Bluesky #neurology #meded?

19.05.2025 16:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#AANAM San Diego - networking, gaining knowledge, and of course fun and games.

06.04.2025 22:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

In this time of uncertainty, do something good for your fellow human. #bethematch #donatelife

23.02.2025 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Every year in the US alone, 18k babies 👶 , kids 👧 and adults 👩 need stem cells as their best treatment option.

Matching is complex and some people never find a match. Minority patients have a harder time finding a match due to limitations in the donor pool.

23.02.2025 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

> 4/5 of stem cell donations happen without surgery, without anesthesia, through peripheral donation 💉🩸?

More than 2/3 of donations are through an unrelated donor.

Adults under 40 can enter the registry easily with a cheek swab @dkms-us.bsky.social or @nmdp-org.bsky.social.

23.02.2025 01:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

On the very first day of my transplant baby's @makeawishct trip, I got a call that I was a potential match as a stem cell donor. What are the odds?

Did you know: 🤔

23.02.2025 01:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0