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Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD
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Sapna Kudchadkar, MD, PhD
@SapnaKmd
#Anesthesiologist-In-Chief @HopkinsKids. Professor & Vice Chair for #PedsICU & #PedsAnes @HopkinsMedicine. @PICU_Up Director. Researcher. Mom. 🎺
- Saw this on FB & feel a great weight has lifted from my shoulders because I seriously thought I was the only one
- Today I begin a new journey & greatest honor of my career, as Vice Chair of Pediatric Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine @HopkinsMedicine & Anesthesiologist-in-Chief @HopkinsKids Inspired by the #PedsICU & #PedsAnes team I have the honor of working side-by-side w/each day.
00:00- When you encounter a name that looks tough to pronounce: Do ❌NOT❌ say: “I’m not even gonna try”/“I’m going to butcher this” 🙄 ✅ DO ✅ 1. Try to pronounce it phonetically and ask for feedback OR simply say 2. “Pronouncing names correctly is important to me- tell me how”
GIF - A few important points in this video of a child w/heart failure 1. The helmet. #SafetyFirst 2. Creativity. Ambulation is not the most fun form of #ICURehab 3. The clothes. They’re hers. They’re comfy. They are-home. #NoGown 4. THE STAFF. The #PedsICU nurses-they make it happen00:00
- Last day, #SapnasCOVIDDiary. After 14 days of #IsolationLife in the bedroom, I rejoined my family- symptom-free & blessed to be a #COVID19 survivor who experienced only mild disease. Here’s my emergence celebration. 🤣 Joining colleagues on front lines Monday in adult #ICU!
00:00 - So many of you have supported me for so long on this academic medicine journey, so sharing some news. Promoted to full Professor of #Anesthesiology & #CriticalCareMedicine, #Pediatrics & #PMR @HopkinsMedicine. 🎉 Here’s to keeping that door open & fixing the leaky pipeline,
- Toddler pulled boiling water on chest. 5% BSA but ok. 4 hours later tripoding & drooling in ED. I wanted OR for intubation. Others said ED fine because no oral injury. Took him anyway. Couldn’t intubate. Emergent trach. Thermal epiglottitis. #TrustYourGut #ShareAStoryInOneTweet
- I am a Pediatric Intensivist (#PedsICU Physician). I take care of the sickest children in the hospital. My 12 & 15 year old were #COVID19 vaccinated the 1st day it was available. If my kids were 5-11 it would be the same today. #PutKids1st #VaccinesWorkI am a Pediatric Nephrologist. I thank god I don’t have children between the age of 5-11 (seriously, how have you people survived this??), but if I did, they would be getting their COVID vaccine as soon as it was available. 💉
- Thread: My plea for all #ICU staff: 1. Talk to intubated patients, no matter how old or young.Many of your patients are awake, even if their eyes are closed 2. Always tell them what you’re about to do to them and talk to them while you do it. (1/2) #PedsICU #medtwitter #meded
GIF - It’s a BIG day. 2014 NIH A0 K23 ❌ 2015 NIH A1 K23 ❌ 2016 NIH A0 K23 ❌ 2017 NIH A1 K23 ❌ 2011-21: MENTORS, FOUNDATIONS & INSTITUTION who believed in my work, helped me keep going 1st R01 submitted Feb ‘20: 5th %ile A pandemic. Patience. Funded today ✅🎊 #ShePersisted
My 1st NIH R01 is submitted. Feeling all of the feelings- whatever the outcome, I’m so grateful to the incredible people who supported me in this process. You know who you are. Colleagues, friends & family. As my daughter told her best friend - “I get my mommy back today!” 😊 - Every once in a while, make sure you sit down with senior #mentors you trust and just TALK. Not about your research, your patients, or your next paper. About life. Your life, their life, what they've learned about work-life integration. You'll be glad you did.
