@dralicechen.bsky.social
Doctor and mom. Organizer on climate, health care access, community. Former Doctors for America and Made to Save. Current Health Care Without Harm, Roon, and other various pursuits. All posts are my own.
Please consider a donation to a fundraiser for a beautiful woman, Elenora, a devoted single mother who faced many challenges with a smile on her face and recently passed away. I mentored her daughter, who is raising funds to give her mom a proper funeral. www.gofundme.com/f/to-honor-e... #MOMSky
29.07.2025 17:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
If you're looking for pockets of hope and inspiration as I am: here's a fantastic video about a hospital in Colombia creating sustainability - cleaner air, cleaner water, less toxic waste, healthier people and planet. It's part of Health Care Without Harm's global work. youtu.be/y78oBieWvQY?...
27.07.2025 18:33 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Meet the speakers shaking things up at #2025PWIMS! From sobriety advocate Hilary Phelps to health equity leaders like @janetfoutty.bsky.social, Dr. Monica Peek, @dralicechen.bsky.social & Dr. Shieva Ghofrany — these trailblazers turn personal stories into powerful impact. Learn more: bit.ly/4cDmW21
22.07.2025 15:05 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Keynote - Dr. Alice T. Chen at AMWA 2025 Interim Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Don’t miss this powerful conversation on reclaiming purpose and impact in healthcare.
September 13-15, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
🔗 Register now: vist.ly/3y3b9
@amwa_students @healthcarewithoutharm @dralicechen
I still believe that people matter. I still believe that we all benefit when we make sure all of us have what they need to thrive - education, health, food, clean air and water. I want to believe that many more people agree than you’d think from today’s news.
#MOMSky #MedSky
Medicaid isn’t a handout.
It’s the nurse at your grandma’s bedside.
The doctor delivering a baby in a rural clinic.
The meds keeping a disabled neighbor breathing.
Half of U.S. kids rely on it.
Call it what it is:
Compassion made policy.
Cutting it is cruelty, plain and simple.
#VoteNo #BBB
1 in 5 people in the U.S. rely on Medicaid.
Cutting it means cutting care for kids, parents, the elderly, the disabled & the working poor.
Tell Congress: We will remember your vote.
Vote NO on OBBBA. #SaveMedicaid #PatientsOverPolitics
Call Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to #VoteNO!
30.06.2025 18:12 — 👍 11 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0My friend, pediatrician Dr. Abhay Dandekar shares the real world impact on health of HR. 1 and Medicaid cuts. Please share.
#MOMSky #MedSky #VoteNO
Doctors and Nurses: That is One Big Unhealthy Bill! Takes away health coverage from almost 12 million people. Takes food away from children, seniors, veterans, and disabled people. Replaces a clean energy revolution with air pollution and dangerous weather. Stops medical research projects on cancer, dementia, and diabetes. Call Congress and tell them to vote NO!
I'm a primary care doctor and a mom. I can think of few things that are as important to our lives as our health.
Call Congress and tell them: Their budget bill is bad for our health. Call them every day that health matters.
#MedSky #MOMSky
No Kings Day coming up fast. Find a rally near you. Bring a colleague or two. This is for our health - our patients, our communities, our climate, and so much more. @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social @dralicechen.bsky.social #medsky
11.06.2025 00:56 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The public is increasingly connecting the dots between climate change and their health. As trusted messengers, health professionals can help turn that concern into action. Join us to make your voice heard: bit.ly/Join-MSCCH
20.05.2025 14:17 — 👍 69 🔁 32 💬 2 📌 1Really great piece calling on philanthropy to take concrete steps to "Act Boldly Now" and "Act Boldly For the Long Term" to save lives and strengthen high-impact NGOs. ssir.org/articles/ent...
#MedSky #MOMSky
Despite all the upheaval, public health is continuing to do its work to keep the American people healthy. Leading public health organizations are hosting a free public webinar on the State of the Measles Outbreak on May 27. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/measles-20...
#MOMSky #MedSky
“In my country, we are fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted...
Art is the crucible that brings people together.
Art looks for truth.
Art embraces diversity.
That’s why art is a threat. That’s why we are a threat to autocrats & fascists.”
Robert De Niro • Cannes 🎬
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Yes, completely agree.
15.05.2025 18:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This abbreviated quote from the article is as scary as it is truthful: “Healthcare is delayed for weeks, even months. A simple infection, easily treated, can become a life-threatening emergency. Cancer screenings are postponed, and small tumors to spread undetected”.
People will die needlessly.
Thank you for sharing!
15.05.2025 13:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Love this.
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Really helpful read by my friend Dr. Evan Saulino for anyone fighting for Medicaid and rural health access:
We’re rural Oregon doctors. Medicaid cuts will disproportionately hurt rural Oregonians.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/05/14/w...
#MOMSky #MedSky
Even today, physicians have outsized power to push our society to protect people's health. My perspective piece in NEJM with hubby Vivek Murthy is out in print today and has an audio interview attached too. Please take a look, share, and let us know your thoughts! nej.md/42ThILc #MedSky #MOMSky
15.05.2025 13:26 — 👍 44 🔁 23 💬 0 📌 1
“There is so much beauty in what we can learn through science, in how complicated life is, and in trying to understand how it works. It’s what motivates me to wake up every morning.”
A beautiful piece baring the heart of a scientist who should not be in detention. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
Calm but Powerful
We don’t want luxury.
We want care.
A clinic that calls back.
A therapist who gets it.
A future where our children don’t fall through cracks.
We are #MomSky
And we’re just getting started.
Today, Health Care Without Harm is launching our Health Sector CARES Pledge. Climate change is harming health, and the health sector is taking action and moving forward because our patients can’t wait.
us.noharm.org/climate-smar...
#MedSky #MOMSky
@us.noharm.org
@practicegreenhealth.org
We didn’t protect ourselves and our kids from the dark side of social media a decade ago. We have a chance to do better with AI, which is far more powerful. I encourage all humans to watch Tristan Harris’s powerful new TED talk laying out the promise and peril ahead. youtu.be/6kPHnl-RsVI
#MOMSky
Yay see you there!
06.05.2025 14:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On a flight to Atlanta. Higher than usual percentage of people in masks. Maybe because Atlanta is home to the CDC. Maybe because I’m going to a healthcare conference. I’m wearing one because I’m done with the school year’s viruses. That’s all. Masks and germs should be apolitical.
#MOMSky #MedSky
Colleagues around the country have been asking what they can do to protect health in the face of massive policy and funding changes. @drvivekmurthy.bsky.social and I wrote this piece in the @nejm.org to share our thoughts on The Power of Physicians in Dangerous Times. nej.md/42ThILc
01.05.2025 17:08 — 👍 67 🔁 33 💬 5 📌 4I’m looking forward to a big dose of hope and collective action at #CleanMed this week - the annual gathering of health systems and physicians working together to move our health sector toward sustainability, climate action, and better health for all.
05.05.2025 15:35 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Health impacts and cost from climate change are increasing. Information is power. Here’s a great new Climate Health Cost Forecasters for U.S. employers to estimate increased employee health costs in the next 10 years so they can take steps to prepare. www.healthaction.org/whatsnew/cli...
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