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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her)

@lekshmimd.bsky.social
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Pulm/ICU/Hospitalist MD | DOM Assoc Chair of Mentorship @UCSF & APD of IM Residency | Crossing Silos | #MedEd #WomeninMedicine #Mentorship | Mom of 2 #MedSky profiles.ucsf.edu/lekshmi.santhosh dommentorship.ucsf.edu

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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎉 Congrats to the 1st cohort of our UCSF DOM #Mentorship Incubator on graduating & welcome Cohort 2! Excited for another year of mentorship, collaboration & community, developing our faculty through #mentorship, #coaching & #leadership. Cheers to the year ahead! 🎓✨ dommentorship.ucsf.edu #MedSky
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🎉 Big news! After a year of training, our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social cohort of @acpimphysicians.bsky.social -trained MD Peer Coaches is ready! 13 coaches across divisions & sites are available to support UCSF DOM faculty! Meet our coaches dommentorship.ucsf.edu/Meet-our-coa... #MedEd #Coaching
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Review Spotlight: Lung Ultrasound What is your favorite one-line explanation of why B-lines appear? Review Spotlight, Lung Ultrasound for Critically Ill Patients (2019). On the ATS Adult Reading List! #PulmCC #MedEd #POCUS #ATS @lekshmimd.bsky.social @phillipgarymd.bsky.social
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Energized by our inaugural @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social DOM LEAD! 🎉 25 faculty learning about vision, relationships, task management & more. Huge 🙏🏾 to Drs. Zapata, @bobwachter.bsky.social, our speakers & @cuanschutz.bsky.social IHQSE partnership! ✅ dommentorship.ucsf.edu for more info on all our progs
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
80 years of the Macintosh blade Has your program moved to video-first for teaching intubation? What do you feel trainees lose in this paradigm? Landmark Trial, DEVICE (2023). On the ATS Adult Reading List. #PulmCC #PCCM #MedEd @lekshmimd.bsky.social @phillipgarymd.bsky.social
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Three trials, one verdict on EGDT Which single lesson from the EGDT era do you still teach on day one of the ICU rotation? Landmark Trial(s), ProCESS / ARISE / ProMISe (2014). On the ATS Adult Reading List #PCCM #MedEd #ATS @lekshmimd.bsky.social @phillipgarymd.bsky.social
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🤿 The nasal cannula that changed the ICU Do you teach FLORALI as a positive or a negative trial? How do the results impact your practice? Landmark Trial: FLORALI (2015) #PCCM #PulmonaryCriticalCare #MedEd #ATS @lekshmimd.bsky.social @phillipgarymd.bsky.social
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Returning post-Labor Day to an intimidating mountain of work? 📖 In this @jhospmedicine.bsky.social piece Dr. @charlie-wray.bsky.social & I share our strategies to reclaim your time for what you love: shmpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #MedEd #MedSky #TimeManagement #Mentorship
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Reclaiming time: Systems‐based solutions for the digitally overloaded clinician
Click on the article title to read more.
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So many years later, Dr. Bob Kempainen and Reading List editors continue to curate this fantastic resource. Listen to his personal take on how the Reading List came to be on a prior Breathe Easy Podcast episode. tinyurl.com/4a6vf9f8
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ATS Breathe Easy | ATS Reading List Podcast: Episode 1 - History of ATS Reading List
This first episode of the Reading List Podcast we sit down with Dr. Bob Kempainen to discuss something we all know and love, the ATS Reading List. We will walk through the history of the reading li...
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Visit the updated ATS Reading List here! tinyurl.com/y5vvznpm
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American Thoracic Society | ATS Adult Reading List
The American Thoracic Society is the world's leading medical society dedicated to accelerating the advancement of global respiratory health through…
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
We will be re-visiting many of the great articles highlighted on the ATS Reading List. Stay tuned for landmark trials, review articles, and teaching pearls for ICU rounds! #ATS #PCCM #MedEd #ATSReadingList @lekshmimd.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social @phillipgarymd.bsky.social
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ATS Early Career 🫁 @atsearlycareer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Got an idea for #ATS2027? We're seeking proposals for the ATS Networking Super Center Learning Studio! Submit ideas for networking events, interactive workshops, presentations, or small-group discussions. #MedEd #CareerDevelopment Submit a proposal here: bit.ly/4vUn1Y7
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ATS Assemblies @ats-assemblies.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Look at all the things our amazing MedEd Section is up to!
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Not getting our @atsmeded.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social Section on Med Ed newsletter monthly? Plz check your prefs to make sure you are opted in to get emails from your Sections & Assemblies, & make sure we are listed there! ICYMI-the August newsletter! site.thoracic.org/assemblies/m...
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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The ATS is seeking innovative ideas for the ATS Networking Super Center Learning Studio at the ATS 2027 International Conference in New Orleans! Submit your input by Sept. 23 for a networking event, interactive workshop, presentation, or small-group discussion: site.thoracic.org/conference/p...
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The American Academy of Pediatrics @ameracadpeds.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
A statement from AAP President Dr. Andrew Racine on today’s executive order on U.S. childhood vaccines: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I am so triggered by RJK Jr's comment about ICU's being empty during #COVID. I re-read what I wrote after one of the surges. How do others forget. The trauma was--and is--real.
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I'm An ICU Doctor. I’m Haunted By What I’ve Seen During The Recent COVID-19 Surge.
“I can’t stop thinking about the 40-something man who told me, ‘I can’t die like this. I just got engaged and have a 6-month-old baby.’ I encouraged him to be positive, but that didn’t stop him from d...
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ScreamingMD @screamingmd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
All the recent 2020 discussion feels like this
Healthcare worker in FULL PPE with many scissors stabbed in their back and many hands clapping
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Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
RFK Jr said these words today on national television "There were ICUs that were empty all over the country including in New York at the height (of the pandemic)" hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha You are a fucking idiot hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha <sobs silently>
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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I agree with @drsandman11.medsky.social: If you didn't look like this & doing everything you can to prevent people from dying during the pandemic, maybe think twice before judging Dr. Fauci.
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APCCMPD @apccmpd.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
➡️ Short rotation. Real feedback. How? Drs. Anna Brady @MUSC & Maggie Thomas share practical tools for coaching learners in a pinch. 🎧 Feedback in a Pinch: Strategies for Shorter Clinical Rotations f.mtr.cool/cezbiyeaux #PCCM #meded #pulmCCM #PCCMedEd
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David J. Skorton @davidjskorton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I’m inspired to learn how AAMC-member institutions are working to create new paradigms of support for pregnant trainees. www.aamc.org/news/when-pr...
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When pregnancy and residency coincide
Many residency programs are increasing their support for the unique needs of expectant and new mothers during their postgraduate training.
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
FOMO heightened as I waited patiently for the brilliant Dr @ranaawdish.bsky.social After Shock to arrive frm my local bookstore. It's an absolutely insightful, moving, thoughtful, beautiful book that's just as illuminating as her first book - once again, should be mandatory for all in healthcare❤️🫁🙏
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Jack Iwashyna @iwashyna.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
My daughter just texted me about my new (and 1st) @nejm.org #Voices column: ‘From my pre med friend: “it’s things like that, that make me rly excited to go into this profession”’ And I am going to be smiling all day I would love your thoughts voices.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Why I Choose the Hospital in July
House staff have a lot to learn, and July is a great time to teach them.
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Nice to see our #ICUPAUSE ICU transitions paper featured in @critcareexplore.bsky.social on @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social blog! The post nicely describes how #ICUPAUSE is easily implemented, adapted & scaled nationwide. sccm.org/blog/icu-war... Thx @atscommunity.bsky.social for supporting! #MedSky 🫁
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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Well, 🥹💗🥹💗 After Shock got a little makeover with a “bestseller” sticker to match In Shock’s. This is truly an indication of two things… the power of community to uplift and support and our communal desire for a more nuanced conversation about healing. ❤️‍🩹 #MedSky
After Shock book cover In Shock book cover
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Happy new fellows, residents, and faculty first day today!! Love July! #Meded #medsky
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Sending Happy July Energy
ALT: Sending Happy July Energy
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 16/06/2026
Russell Vought has a plan for science, but so do we. Join the fight by taking action against the latest OMB grant funding proposal at the link in our bio, or go here 👉 zurl.co/lBQ4l #StandUpForScience #Science #OMB #Vought #SaveScience
The graphic includes photos of Russell Vought, the red Stand Up for Science logo, and a fist held in the air in protest. The graphic reads: "50% OF ALL CLINICAL TRIALS IN THE US ARE AT RISK OF BEING CANCLLED IF THE OMB GRANT PROPOSAL PASSES. AT-RISK TRIALS INCLUDE: 1026 FOR CANCER, 273 FOR PEDIATRICS, 115 FOR HEAR DISEASE,  184 FOR DIABETES. Stop Vought. Save Science. EMAIL & CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, LEAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, DONATE TO FUEL THE FIGHT FOR SCIENCE, LINK IN BIO".
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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Some upcoming events in support of my new book, After Shock 💗
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Want to collaborate on #MedEd scholarship w colleagues nationally? Join an ATS SoME Scholarly Project Pod: a small, structured group for national collaboration among educators & trainees. 📋 Interest survey: bostonu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @atsmeded.bsky.social @atsearlycareer.bsky.social 🫁🎉
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
WELCOME to our FIRST day for our new @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social Internal Medicine Residents - the new interns are here, & are amazing & we had a BLAST in orientation today - excited to see these new physicians learn & grow in the yrs to come 🎉❤️ @bobwachter.bsky.social
New intern classInteractive activities
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JAMA @jama.com · 12/06/2026
💬 Editorial: One in four residency and fellowship programs lack written parental support policies. Enhanced, individualized support can address burnout and mental health challenges during medical training. ja.ma/4on98yt
JAMA editorial published May 13, 2026. Article titled 'Parental Support for Trainees—The Clock Is Ticking' by Linda Brubaker, MD. Text discusses challenges in graduate medical education, work-life balance, and support for childbearing trainees.
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"They physically grabbed us, forced us out of the conference center, & now are telling us we can no longer attend this meeting. They're taking our lanyards," Kelly said. "It really has come to this in America. Censorship is real…America needs to stand up. Scientists, stand up. Physicians, stand up”
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Video: Police Tussle With Diabetes Experts at ADA Meeting
Researchers told they could no longer attend the annual scientific sessions
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/06/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We illustrated their findings.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Your friendly @atsmeded.bsky.social Executive Committee met for a lovely #ATS2027 brainstorming meeting & #ATS2026 debrief of what we should keep, stop, & start! Our monthly Section on Med Ed Newsletter went out yesterday - email me if you didn't receive & dbl ✅ MyATS that SoME is listed for you!
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
On May 20, CMS proposed a rule on Medicaid financing (state-directed payments) that goes much farther than the already draconian cuts laid out in HR1. I wrote in @msnowreports.bsky.social why it's so dangerous, restricting managed Medicaid reimbursement across the board. www.ms.now/opinion/medi...
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Opinion | A new White House proposal would more than triple certain cuts to Medicaid
A proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would go well beyond Congress’ draconian directives.
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American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
FDA Staff Blindsided by Move Allowing More E-Cigs, Nicotine Pouches Onto Market — It's highly unusual for the FDA to draft new policies without input from staffers #medsky www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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FDA Staff Blindsided by Move Allowing More E-Cigs, Nicotine Pouches Onto Market
It's highly unusual for the FDA to draft new policies without input from the staffers
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ATS Assemblies @ats-assemblies.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Check out our Women In Critical Care Interest Group after a fantastic early morning meeting !!!
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Love our outstanding @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social IM Residency leadership team - SO amazing celebrating our residents & chief residents! 🎉🎓🎉🎊
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Back in SF after an incredible #ATS2026 filled with learning, laughter, #mentorship & inspiration. Grateful for our amazing #MedEd community, research collabs, ATS staff, & my amazing friends & colleagues who make every ATS unforgettable. Rest up & cya in NoLA #ATS2027! @laurenlynch14.bsky.social 🫁❤️
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Cheering on friends & colleagues & learning frm them at #ATS2026 is the BEST - I adore hyping up friends, #MedEd mentors, peer mentors & role models at & in b/w sessions. Feeling the ❤️ Congrats & 🙏 @laurenlynch14.bsky.social @ranaawdish.bsky.social @mwsharp5.bsky.social @epachecomd.bsky.social 🫁🎉
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Another incredible #MedEd day #ATS2026 - inspirational Sunrise Seminar, Women's Forum, #ICUPAUSE meetup, NSC #Mentorship Pearls frm Dr. @epachecomd.bsky.social & INCREDIBLE Trainees Interested in #MedEd TIME Mixer w OG TIME co-founders Drs Doo & Adelman! Tmrw - Dr @ranaawdish.bsky.social PLENARY!!!
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Powerful #MedEd Sunrise Seminar @atscommunity.bsky.social @atsmeded.bsky.social by Drs Bishay McGuire McCallister re Educator Portfolios throughout your career!
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Incredible day supporting #MedEd all over #ATS2026 w sessions on climate change, IPE, uncertainty, mentoring, SoME Membership mtg & even got to try out our first live #ATSNOW session! Cya tmrw @ TEACH mixer for more #MedEd fun @ 4 pm W340 & our ICU-PAUSE meetup @ 1:30pm @ NSC! @atsmeded.bsky.social
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
GREAT PM w/ #ATSRBC2026 RBC Olympics & Opening Ceremony Keynote w/ Chair Dr @bobwachter.bsky.social! Endless 🙏 to @laurenlynch14.bsky.social & our RBC Leadership team for 2 amazing yrs! 📣TMRW Sun 5/17 - come to SoME #MedEd Mtg @11:45 AM@ W307! Full MedEd Roadmap ats2026.d365.events/education/me...
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
#RBC2026 ATS Resident Boot Camp is on to day 2 - behold our outstanding trainees & educators learning all about ECMO, PFTs, advanced bronchoscopy, EBUS & more! RBC Olympics this afternoon will be a hit! #ATS2026 #MedEd
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ATS Section on #MedEd @atsmeded.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The attending is tired, the team is thin, and somehow teaching still has to happen. How do you do it well? Learn more @ NSC1: Teaching in the ICU at Night 📅 Sunday, May 17 | 9:00–10:00 AM 📍 Learning Studio, Hall C (Level II, OCCC West) | ATS 2026, Orlando #MedEd #ATS2026 @lekshmimd.bsky.social
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Day 1 of #ATS2026 #ATSRBC2026 is off to a great start! Hands on sessions and small groups and large groups are going great & learners & teachers alike are having a great time! 🎉🫁 #meded @atscommunity.bsky.social
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Lekshmi Santhosh MD MAEd (she/her) @lekshmimd.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Everyone always asks me why am I headed to #ATS2026 SO early? The reason: the #ATSRBC2026 (Resident Boot Camp) - the most fun & educational conference pre-course EVER for graduating residents & future PCCM fellows! We are all set up & excited to see you tmrw for some great #MedEd in PCCM! 🫁🎉
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