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Posts by Sara Schaefer, MD, MHS, FAAN 🧠

Facts:
✔️25% of the US doctors are foreign trained
✔️25% of the US medical residents are foreign trained
✔️medical residents need J1 visa to be able to enter the country & start their residency training
✔️the US will suffer from doctors shortages if it stops accepting foreign trained doctors

10 months ago 219 78 6 16
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Can I expense this for my new role as residency PD? Seems essential for my job. What do you think Bluesky #neurology #meded?

11 months ago 1 0 0 0
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#AANAM San Diego - networking, gaining knowledge, and of course fun and games.

1 year ago 2 1 0 0

In this time of uncertainty, do something good for your fellow human. #bethematch #donatelife

1 year ago 0 0 0 0

Every year in the US alone, 18k babies 👶 , kids 👧 and adults 👩 need stem cells as their best treatment option.

Matching is complex and some people never find a match. Minority patients have a harder time finding a match due to limitations in the donor pool.

1 year ago 0 0 1 0

> 4/5 of stem cell donations happen without surgery, without anesthesia, through peripheral donation 💉🩸?

More than 2/3 of donations are through an unrelated donor.

Adults under 40 can enter the registry easily with a cheek swab @dkms-us.bsky.social or @nmdp-org.bsky.social.

1 year ago 0 0 1 0
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On the very first day of my transplant baby's @makeawishct trip, I got a call that I was a potential match as a stem cell donor. What are the odds?

Did you know: 🤔

1 year ago 3 0 1 0