Rachel Fleishman

@doclauravater.bsky.social is indeed an incredibly insightful writer. :)

I Was Caring For A Patient With Down Syndrome. A Fellow Doctor’s 8-Word Remark Left Me Stunned. “We stood silently facing each other in the hospital corridor, until I heard the little boy’s Tonka truck clank to the floor.”

With gratitude to @huffpost.com, my cousin, aunt, mentors, and my late grandmother, I’m excited to share a tiny sliver of what I try to channel at the bedside for families whose children have #DownSyndrome
#MedSky #PedsSky #NeoSky #DisabilityJustice www.huffpost.com/entry/down-s...

Yesterday was my son's Bar Mitzvah. Next weekend, we will sit around a table talking about the abstract concept of freedom & trying to make order in this shifting world. Thank you @taffyakner.bsky.social for inserting this meditation on humanity, Judaism, and survival into this week of all weeks.

A doctor's lineage As you lay dying in hospice, my father was sick in a hospital. Your prognosis was absolute. My father's diagnosis was elusive, his outcome uncertain. You both spoke to each other daily. Facetime, tele...

My uncle Marty Fleishman was a remarkable man & physician. Thrilled to honor his legacy @thelancet.bsky.social. Given the devaluation of human lives by healthcare leaders nationally and globally, I'm screaming his humanistic message to the world.
#MedSky

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Ha! The support I've felt today while on call is truly magic. Glad it resonated.

What Is the Relative Value of a Baby? | NEJM As she cares for a newborn who’s struggling to breathe, a neonatologist contemplates how politics and power structures affect the availability of critical perinatal services in the United States.

With the heft of @nejm.org I ask a simple but subversive question: What is the Relative Value of a Baby?

Spoiler: Babies (& mothers) are invaluable
Greed, misogyny, and other pathologies of power place babies' lives at stake

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

#NeoSky #MedSky #NICU #PedsSky #OBSky #RVU

I just finished your incredible book and am overjoyed to find a soundtrack appendix. What a gift! Congratulations on the "nifty little gold sticker."

When Nothing Bad Happens: Miranda July's 'All Fours' Captures the Importance of Understanding Infant Health - Ms. Magazine When November's announcement by the CDC that our infant mortality rate remains abysmal did not make even the tiniest of dents in the post-election news cycle, my thoughts pivoted from the patient’s I’...

When I took writing classes, professors said "write what you know." My latest @msmagazine.com on #NICUs, books, and birth trauma/PTSD.

With gratitude to #MirandaJuly for her novel #All Fours.

#NeoSky #MedSky #OBGynSky #NICU #childbirth

msmagazine.com/2024/12/19/m...

OMG, first of all, thank you for watching and sharing! But more importantly, so fun to find you here in this space all these years after our likeminded writing connection. I admire so many of you Bay Area doctor-writers and cannot WAIT to see what you do next!!

@sarahkedney.bsky.social - thanks for watching and sharing. :) (Sorry to be slow to say that, I'm still figuring out this new place.)

Awww! Thanks @colleenmfarrell.bsky.social - Women physician writers chasing a compassionate world, one word at a time. :)

@premiedoc.bsky.social I'm so glad it resonated. I will figure out how to message you so we can change the world together! :)

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Thank you for watching! One of the magical things about the #NICU is getting to know so many families over the days, weeks and sometimes months that they spend with us. Human connection is a powerful driver for many of us. Your patients and their families are lucky to have you!

@sarahkedney.bsky.social I'm glad glad it moved you. :) 🥰

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Thank you for watching, sharing, and taking the time to engage!

Awww. Thanks. It's hard to have it go live the week most people I want it to reach are suspended between that other social media site and this one.

me!! 🥰

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Can Medical Storytelling Save Lives | Rachel Fleishman | TEDxNewRiver

Honored to give this #tedx talk about my journey as a physician author and the magic of storytelling for patients and healthcare workers
If you watch, please let me know what you think!
#meded #MedSky #NeoSky #NICU #Neonatology #WomeninMedicine #narrativemedicine

youtu.be/Y1lPb-IWx9U?...

Your event today was spectacular! Thank you!

Can you please add me?

Dr. Janvier's talk was truly magic. Was so inspiring to watch her.

Can you please add me to your next batch?? Thank you.

Oh thank you so much for watching and sharing. The Gold Foundation class you taught several years ago was so magical - you are truly a gifted #narrativemedicine teacher.
#meded #medsky

I think you are not the only one!