Reposted by Amber Yates, MDOutlier Media @outliermedia.org · 28/01/2025Two Detroiters. One shared bond through sickle cell—but two very different paths. D’Juan Johnson and Larenz Caldwell's stories reveal inequities, challenges and hope for better sickle cell care in Detroit. outliermedia.org/sickle-cell-...outliermedia.orgLiving with sickle cell disease and forging a connectionTwo sickle cell warriors in Detroit interview each other to discuss transplants and care. 0114
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDJoan D Beckman @jdbeckman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New publication on #SCD www.frontiersin.org/journals/imm...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Missing the mark(ers): circulating endothelial cells and endothelial-derived extracellular vesicles are elevated in sickle cell disease plasma 071
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025🤣 umm no thank you. I like my humidity. I am not looking forward to traveling to Boston next week. 000
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025As a current Houstonian and native Louisianan I don’t understand this number next to humidity. 110
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/20249. Likeable Badass: How Women Get the Success They Deserve – Alison Fragale (we can be passionate and powerful without being perceived as aggressive) 10. True Biz – Sara Novic (great YA novel about the Deaf community) #Reading 020
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/20246. Sugar – Bernice L McFadden (I'm 20 years late reading this book. It's fantastic, parts are NSFW but wow!) 7. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole – Susan Cain (She just gets me) 8. Olivetti – Allie Millington (sweet story about a family and a typewriter) #Reading 120
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/20243. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers – Samuel Burr (as a lover of crossword puzzles and such, I loved this one) 4. Symphony of Secrets – Brendan Slocumb (I've loved both of his novels. Great audiobooks) 5. Weyward – Emilia Hart (not my typical fave) #Reading 110
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Best Books of 2024 1. James – Percival Everett (a must read for everyone) 2. Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine – Uche Blackstock, MD (appreciate Dr Blackstock's recognition of the medical bias/racism people with sickle cell disease face) #Reading 110
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024In 2025, I will commit to 65-70 books again. That seems to be a good place for me. I’m always open to book suggestions, so let me hear about your favorites. #Reading 220
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 26/12/2024My year in review for reading. I set a goal of reading/listening to 70 books in 2024. I'm sitting at 66 so far. Hoping to get a couple more before the end of the year. #Reading 150
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDJoan D Beckman @jdbeckman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024For the folks in the back- Hemoglobin SC is NOT “mild SCD”- it is severe and finally some data to show that HU may help! Outstanding plenary session #SCD. 0222
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 08/12/2024@ash-hematology.bsky.social social media team is the best! 020
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Having ASH FOMO But being nutcracker mom Totally worth it #ASHaiku #ASH24 1140
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 05/12/2024It is my privilege to work with @drzsicklecell.bsky.social everyday and support him on the RISE UP sickle cell study. Excited for these results to finally be published. authors.elsevier.com/c/1kD3H8MsWY...authors.elsevier.com 160
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Afraid not. Staying home to be a Nutcracker mom. 020
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Excited to make my @hcwvshunger.bsky.social donation to Houston Food Bank today on behalf of #Kidvengers! 2161
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Truthfully I’m not sure what I want to say about this. Sad, yes. Surprised, no. The author didnt even get the name of the gene therapy for sickle cell correct. 🤦🏻♀️ We have a lot more work to do. www.doximity.com/newsfeed/14b...doximity.comWith Sickle Cell Management, Treatment Has Become 'Now What?'I once had a colleague ask me: What is the least satisfying disease to treat? I thought of a few potential answers but before I could answer, he sa... 010
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDAmerican Society of Hematology @ash.hematology.org · 28/11/2024Pop quiz! Which city is this? #ASH15 ✨Bonus: #ASHsm began at this meeting. Which session was it for? Friends who might remember: @jmikhaelmd.bsky.social @mtmdphd.bsky.social @marrow.bsky.social @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social @bldcancerdoc.bsky.social @myelomateacher.bsky.social #ASHThrowback #ASH24 5101
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Orlando and Social Media for the Hematologist. I met some really great people in that session. 010
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDDrZSickleCell @drzsicklecell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024😞 this popped up in my memories. #SickleCell disease is absolutely devastating. 121
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Went way back for this beauty. My friend Dr Alex George & I answering some questions about #SickleCell www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...youtube.comQ&A: What is sickle cell disease? | Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology CentersYouTube video by Texas Children’s Hospital 050
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Love these cases! Also variants that affect pulse ox readings. Patient is nice and pink, pulse ox 75! 010
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDSickle Cell 101 @sicklecell101.bsky.social · 15/11/2024For our first post on #bluesky we’re highlighting our executive director Cassandra Trimnell presented on the Impact of Digital Advocacy in #SickleCell Care at the annual GASCDO conference held in #Muscat, #Oman this past week. #GASCDOconference 0122
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDDrZSickleCell @drzsicklecell.bsky.social · 13/11/2024⬇️ there’s a patient with #SickleCell disease in an ER right now who is not being believed that they are in pain. 073
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Living with #SickleCell is a challenging physically, mentally, emotionally. It affects every aspect of life. www.statnews.com/2024/11/11/c...statnews.com'What's your pain right now?' Sickle cell, loss, and survival in AmericaFor a St. Louis woman wrestling with pain and a coercive sterilization, crises come in waves 041
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDAlexandra Power-Hays, MD @drpowerhays.bsky.social · 12/11/2024The "track marks" you reported on my patient's arm are from all the times her mother begged you to call the IV team but was ignored. #WorldPoetryDay #MedEd #Medtwitter #NurseTwitter 1164
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Pediatricians and other primary physicians play a pivotal role in the health of children with #SickleCell publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...publications.aap.orgHealth Supervision for Children and Adolescents With Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical ReportSickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of complex genetic disorders of hemoglobin with multisystem manifestations. The scope of this clinical report is such that in-depth recommendations for management ... 1111
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDDrZSickleCell @drzsicklecell.bsky.social · 12/11/2024#SickleCell disease is more than anemia and pain - it is a disease of premature organ failure and death. It causes unpredictable suffering in one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. #racism #disparities #healthcare 062
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDMohammed Hamza @mohamza.bsky.social · 11/11/2024🧵 This is a tough read. And there's layers here. Avoidable mortality in the ED is always tragic, and services under immense strain are always the primary cause. But let's face it, the poor care Sickle Cell patients frequently receive is due to racism. www.mylondon.news/news/health/...mylondon.newsMan, 34, dies in hospital waiting room 2 hours after staff ignore diagnosisDave Onawelo suffered from sickle cell disease, and accurately told them he was suffering from sickle cell crisis - staff told his mother she was being anxious 2209
Reposted by Amber Yates, MDShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 11/11/2024Time for another heme #skeetorial #Medsky Let’s talk about Racism in medicine. Sadly, sickle cell disease (SCD) highlights this issue all too well. 1/n 1531080
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Let us never forget the what #sicklecell warriors face every day. www.ted.com/talks/ahmar_...ted.comSickle Cell Disease: a battle for equality, justice and respectWhat led a 46 year old Haitian artist to being kicked out of the hospital in the dead of winter? What led him to joblessness and homelessness? Part of the answer was in his blood...but most of the an... 041
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Yes! I’m peds hem and i just have to go peds all the way. 110
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024I’m so ready for #KidVengers to rock #HCWvsHunger! 3171
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024Just a little #sicklecell education to get you started. m.youtube.com/watch?v=hRnr...m.youtube.comHow this disease changes the shape of your cells - Amber M. YatesYouTube video by TED-Ed 020
Amber Yates, MD @sicklecelldoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2024You can’t tell a person with #sicklecell is having a “crisis” or pain event with labs. You know because they tell you.media.tenor.coma rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a starAlt: a rainbow with the words " be more you know " and a star 050
