It has been said that friends are the family you choose. “Choose” is an interesting word for the story you are about to read, and we’ll tell you why in just a moment. We first met Dr. Erin King-Mullins (@EKing719) through, you guessed it, #MedTwitter. A leading colorectal surgeon in Atlanta, Dr. King-Mullins was an inspiring addition to our Black Women in Medicine blog series. In her feature, she mentioned she had two best friends, both Black women and both in medicine. Once

What began as an avenue for Hollywood celebrities to share what they had for breakfast, Twitter has evolved from novelty to utility with physicians at the wheel driving science 280 characters at a time. We ventured into the worlds of #NephTwitter, #DermPath, #4n6 and #CardioTwitter, in addition to #colorectal-surgery and #oncotwitter, to find out how eight leading physicians in these pockets of Twitter are utilizing social media (SoMe) in their careers. With a combined Twitte

#PathMatch21, the hashtag that has MS4s on a rollercoaster of emotions. This year’s Match was unique in that COVID-19 caused everything to be virtual. But if there’s one thing you can’t stop it’s a med student on a mission to pathology! So, what was PathMatch21 like? We didn’t want to speculate on real-world experiences so we went to the experts - the MS4s participating in PathMatch21 to find out what it’s really like participating in Match. Challenges and Opportunities of Pa