Asitha Jayawardena @adjayawardena Twitter profile

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Asitha Jayawardena

4 months

Bigger than basketball. Thank you @CaitlinClark22 for all that you do. And thanks for being my cheat code. My story, as published by the Star Tribune. @StarTribune @IowaWBB @espn #CaitlinClark #girldad

OPINION EXCHANGE | Dear Caitlin Clark …

You're amazing on the court — but that's just the start of your influence.

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4 months

@HawkeyeBRay @CaitlinClark22 @StarTribune @IowaWBB @espn Amazing! Thank you for sharing this!

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@adjayawardena

4 years

We are still re-using n95s 9 months into this pandemic. Putting this experience into words was impossible. A photo speaks a thousand words, but a video is worth a million. Watch. Care. Vote. #medtwitter #getusppe @getusppe @NPR

Can I Have a Mask (Animated Short Film)

A frontline medical worker is torn between his responsibilities as a doctor and a dad as he grapples with his decision to re-use an old N95 mask in the early weeks…

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@adjayawardena

4 years

My attempt to articulate the rapid swing in emotions that comes with being a surgeon, husband and father during the #COVID19 era. Humbled to have @NEJM publish my story. @MassEyeAndEar @MassGeneralNews #medtwitter

Waiting for Something Positive | NEJM

Those of us who have found our role diminished as our elective cases have been canceled are being redeployed to the areas of the hospital with the greatest need. I want to help fight the battle aga...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 months

Thank you @CaitlinClark22 and @IowaWBB for giving us everything this season! You shared with us your joy, teamwork, resilience, and heartbreak. It’s been a legendary run. My kids are hawks for life and I am forever indebted.

Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 months

Bigger than basketball. Thank you @CaitlinClark22 for all that you do. And thanks for being my cheat code. My story, as published by the Star Tribune. @StarTribune @IowaWBB @espn #CaitlinClark #girldad

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4 months

No better way to celebrate #International_Womens_Day than with the three most amazing girls in my life watching @CaitlinClark22 and the amazing @IowaWBB dominate in the @B1Gwbball tourney. #futureisfemale #girlscandoanything

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 months

@brilewerke I had no idea you were from mason city! Me too! You should read my op ed ‘dear Caitlin Clark’ when you have a chance. I’ve loved your work all season, great to see another MC alumn out there crushing it.

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 months

Worth the listen. Thank you @NPR @hereandnow for having me on the show. Dont miss the first guest appearance by the real star of the #daddydaughterdate :) @IowaWBB @CaitlinClark22 #futureisfemale #girlscandoanything

How Caitlin Clark became one man's 'cheat code' to connecting with his daughter

Minnesota children's otolaryngologist Asitha Jayawardena loved parenting his young daughters but was having trouble finding ways to connect with his older girl, whose interests were so different than...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

8 months

Great energy at the @coalitionforglobalhearinghealth #cghh in #losangeles . It was a privilege to co-chair a three hour session on #tech and #tasksharing in hearing loss in #LMICs with Dr Chadha, head of hearing loss prevention at the @who . Onwards and upwards. @childrensmn

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@adjayawardena

4 years

I’ve spent my entire career training how to take care of baby airways. This one, my own daughter, was the scariest. [1/4] #medtwitter My Blue Sky | NEJM

My Blue Sky | NEJM

This Graphic Perspective tells the story of a pregnant nurse who goes into labor in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Wanting to minimize her inpatient time, her husband, an otolaryngologist, del...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 months

Dear @CaitlinClark22 Let’s win this thing!! #B1GWBBT -girl dad #ultimatedaddydaughterdate

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Great article @Dr_Suse_ about how COVID has forced surgeons to share our experiences and learn from each other. Shout out to @VanderbiltENT for hosting an international Zoom call to make this happen! #COVID #collaboration #MedTwitter @haynes_ear @Alejorivasc

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@CNNOpinion

4 years

"After weeks of onslaught of relentless coronavirus illness and patients circling in downward spirals, we are seeing our sickest patients come out the other side," says @Dr_Suse_ . "It feels like we can all start to breathe again, at least just a little."

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 months

Great chatting with you @HeidiStevens13 !

Heidi Stevens

@HeidiStevens13

4 months

I tracked down the dad who wrote that Caitlin Clark essay about what she means to his daughter—and to him. “Someone on TV wears a ponytail just like her and is doing amazing things on the court. That’s all my daughter cares about.” My column ♥️

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@adjayawardena

4 months

Let’s get loud Hawkeyes! #B1GWBBT

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@adjayawardena

4 years

i just listened to the 911 call of my wife and I delivering our baby alone in a parking lot (everyone is healthy!). there is something to be said about the calming effect of a 911 operator simplifying what needs to be done. and this goes without saying, but our wife's are badass

Dr. Glaucomflecken

@DGlaucomflecken

4 years

Listened to the 911 call last night, and not only did @LGlaucomflecken do 10 min of chest compressions, she also gave the operator my medical history, the code to our garage door, told her which room our children her sleeping, & cardinal directions to our bedroom WHILE DOING CPR

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

5 years

Good to see Vanderbilt’s important international surgical work getting featured in the global health arena

Community Health Impact Coalition

@join_chic

5 years

@MusoHealth @lastmilehealth @VillageReach @possiblehealth @Living_Goods @FHWCoalition @integrateglobal @pivotmadagascar @PIH @Medic #CHWs obtain similar results using cell-phone based hearing screening tools compared to otolaryngologists (ear/nose/throat doctors) 96% of the time. Profound implications given the #HRH shortage #mhealth #ict4d #hearing

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

5 months

Why do I do what I do? To help remarkable kids like Elly pursue their dreams. #inspire #DownSyndrome @inspiresleep @childrensmn

Elly’s journey from restless to restful sleep

Elly is the first patient at Children’s Minnesota to be implanted with a device designed to treat obstructive sleep apnea in people with Down syndrome.

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

A lot of #inspiring things have happened in 2020. #Science won and put out a #vaccine in record breaking time. #America voted out #hate . And my #brother and his team created a zero budget #award winning #COVID19 short #film . Check it out! #Theprocess #medtwitter #FilmTwitter

Sahan Jayawardena

@sahan_solo

4 years

How my brother @adjayawardena and I made an award winning short film about #COVID19 in a few months 👇🏾

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3 months

@HawkeyeBRay @IowaWBB OMG, the eclipse got to see @CaitlinClark22 and @IowaWBB on the plane ride home!!

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@HawkDad1 @JoMommaMantz

How Caitlin Clark became one man's 'cheat code' to connecting with his daughter

Minnesota children's otolaryngologist Asitha Jayawardena loved parenting his young daughters but was having trouble finding ways to connect with his older girl, whose interests were so different than...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

@dxieMD Thx @dxieMD . @VanderbiltENT grad '19, current @MassEyeAndEar pedi fellow, off to @ent_umn , @childrensmn . 1️⃣Vanderbilt 2️⃣Incredible faculty&resident team 3️⃣unreal live music scene 4️⃣ @JShinnmd @wmorrel @AshleyNassiri @SJFernando_Oto @KLYancey @stittman @jmalenkemd 5️⃣DM w/ ?'s!

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 years

The day has finally come!

Dr. Glaucomflecken

@DGlaucomflecken

3 years

Hanging out with the otolaryngologist

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@adjayawardena

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@sportsiren Incredible piece. She’s a stone cold assassin like MJ. And I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

Alright nation, let’s do this. #vote

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

Congrats ⁦⁦ @MatthewLCarlso1 ⁩ on this excellent review of cochlear implantation in the ⁦ @NEJM ⁩

Cochlear Implantation in Adults | NEJM

The clinical aspects and implications of hearing loss in adults are presented, along with the current criteria for cochlear implantation. Modern cochlear-implant surgery and its pros and cons are d...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 years

Thanks @HearingJournal for the shoutout! #teachers are an untapped resource in #hearing screening in #LMICs @JShinnmd @NettervilleJim Hearing Loss Screening Finds Untapped Resource: Teachers : The Hearing Journal

Hearing Loss Screening Finds Untapped Resource: Teachers : The Hearing Journal

An abstract is unavailable.

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 months

Congrats and welcome to our team!

UMN Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

@ent_umn

3 months

It is Match Day! We are excited to welcome our latest cohort of residents to our program! They are: Abdiasis 'Aziz' Abdilahi from @umnmedschool , David 'Dax' Cvancara from @UWMedicine , George Sankar from @MSMEDU , and Claire Washabaugh from @DukeMedSchool .

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

Rest In Peace RBG. The world is a better place because you were here.

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@HuffPost

4 years

BREAKING: Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died.

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@adjayawardena

4 months

Thanks @samiesolina for this wonderful piece on my @StarTribune OpEd. Cant wait to see @CaitlinClark22 @IowaWBB at the @B1Gwbball tourney this weekend! #GoHawks

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@kare11

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Father writes op-ed to thank Caitlin Clark for helping him be 'a better dad'

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@adjayawardena

5 years

Awesome work by team Vandy and @NettervilleJim . Always pushing the bar and findings innovative ways to improve global health impact and delivery.

VUMC Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

@VanderbiltENT

5 years

New publication from Nolan Seim (last year's head and neck surgical fellow), resident Drs. Burton Wood & @KLYancey and Drs. @KyleMannionHN & @NettervilleJim : "Head and Neck Ultrasound in Otolaryngology Surgical Missions":

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 years

Democrats just won control of the capital while America is simultaneously losing control of our capital.

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@adjayawardena

3 months

Another great piece by @sportsiren and @espn on @CaitlinClark22 's journey to the top of women's college basketball

Caitlin Clark's journey to the top of women's college basketball - ESPN Video

Watch how Caitlin Clark rose to the top to become the face of women's college basketball.

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

Thanks for highlighting this @jashenson . #ENT has been consistently behind in diversity measures compared to other specialties and we are worse off for this. There is no better time to change this than now.

Jared Shenson, MD

@jashenson

4 years

Over last decade, surgical specialties have made limited progress in attracting diverse trainees. In #ENT , there was no change in racial or gender diversity. We need to focus on recruiting these talented trainees for betterment of our entire specialty.

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4 years

@espn @Wendys Gotta be Garza

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Proud to work with this incredible PICU team! Thanks for your dedication and incredible patient care! #COVID @mghfc

NEJM

@NEJM

4 years

A Boston hospital transformed its pediatric ICU to treat adult patients. Preserving the original PICU team minimized unnecessary changes to personnel and the environment and helped with a rapid transition. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

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@adjayawardena

4 years

'Truth is neither liberal nor conservative.' Massive respect for the editors @NEJM for publishing this piece.

NEJM

@NEJM

4 years

Why has the United States handled this pandemic so badly? The Editors note that although we came into this crisis with enormous advantages, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent.

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@adjayawardena

3 months

@brilewerke @sahan_solo So cool. My girls and I have loved looking through your pics. You’ve managed to capture this teams energy and bond better than anyone else I’ve seen. We are living vicariously through you!

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Excellent article from a legend in ENT global surgery and his team. @NettervilleJim

Rolvix Patterson, MD, MPH

@RolvixPatterson

4 years

Excellent discussion by Drs. Okerosi (a leader of @globalohns ), Aswani, Gathiru, and @NettervilleJim on the role of short-term surgical trips in #globalOHNS . "Changing the face of global health: short-term surgical trips" @ENT_AudsNews #globalsurgery

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Never forget how one voice can change a room, one room can change a city, one city can change a nation, and one nation can change the world... Fired up, ready to go! #LetsDoThis #BidenHarris2020

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

@RolvixPatterson @globalohns @NettervilleJim @ENT_AudsNews @RolvixPatterson check out this video we made highlighting the same sentiments re: maximizing long-term intervention in global surgery by Dr. Netterville and his Kenya team. #globalOHNS @carisfoundation #globalsurgery @globalohns @NettervilleJim

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

2 months

Hey @warnerbros how long until you make a @CaitlinClark22 Space Jam?! @Nike @WNBA @IndianaFever @LooneyTunes can we make this happen??

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3 months

@CarliLloyd @CaitlinClark22 This was a masterpiece

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@adjayawardena

3 years

@amerati @JShinnmd @DrCWDavidChang @NettervilleJim @AAOHNS @VanderbiltENT @GarrettGaelyn @EaveyRon @EbenRosenthal @DrSujanaENT JLN fans for life! Congrats on the honor boss! @VanderbiltENT @NettervilleJim

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@adjayawardena

4 years

‘All medical professionals have demonstrated enormous amounts of selfless work and perseverance during this pandemic. Residents and fellows are no different.’

Christopher S. Graffeo, M.D., M.S.

@graffeo

4 years

Outstanding piece by #nsgy colleague @JacquelynCorley of @Dukeneurosurg in @Forbes , highlighting the troubling disparities #COVID19 has paced on #residents , already the hardest-working, worst-paid, irreplaceable workhorses who drive our medical system

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@adjayawardena

5 years

What an awesome resident research project

VUMC Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

@VanderbiltENT

5 years

"We had measures upwards of 139 decibels being the max level." Read about resident Sarah Tittman's research & how to protect your hearing: #hearingloss @VUMChealth @VUMCHearSpeech @NC5

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Being asked to stay home so when the frontline inevitably gets sick, I’m ready to go in. Do your part. #FlattenTheCurve #SocialDistancing

Atul Gawande

@Atul_Gawande

4 years

Clarity on the practical steps for #socialdistancing from @Asaf_Bitton & @AriadneLabs .

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@DickieV @espn @LSUwbkb @Reese10Angel @IowaWBB @CaitlinClark22 @sportsiren @RyanRuocco @RebeccaLobo Can’t wait for this! Women’s basketball is dominating and I am here for it!

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@adjayawardena

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@haynes_ear @EaveyRon @VanderbiltENT What a great concept, especially in a place full of the future leaders of our field! Is there a single book would you recommend to surgeons about to graduate and enter the workforce?

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@adjayawardena

4 months

@DickieV @CaitlinClark22 @sportsiren @raycoletv Thanks for sharing this @DickieV ! It means a lot. My favorite college basketball memories have all been with you announcing them.

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Make no mistake, the real hero here is my wife, whose maternal instincts, sheer grit and poise are the reason this story has a happy ending. [4/4]

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Getting called in for an airway emergency in the middle of a night as a new attending can be terrifying. Doubt about everything from your surgical ability to which entrance to the hospital you can use can easily overcome you. I know, I've been there.

Breathe | NEJM

It’s Dr. C.’s first weekend taking call at her new hospital, only weeks after graduating from residency. Called in to “level” a patient with laryngeal cancer and a closing airway, she’s suddenly di...

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@HawkDad1 The queen

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@usopen Easy. House 2!

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@amyklobuchar Let’s go hawks!

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@DavidEickholt This is so good

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Doctors arent the bad guys @realDonaldTrump . Thanks @j0shua_mcmaster and @sahan_solo for capturing this animated short, a time capsule of a doctor's life in March 2020. #COVID19 #MaskUp #getusppe @getusppe

Sahan Jayawardena

@sahan_solo

4 years

I've never seen my brother fearful of anything, until March. It wasn't the virus or the shutdowns, but after a long day of treating COVID patients, he was terrified to come home. Watch CAN I HAVE A MASK: a short film about my brother's experience on the frontlines. #MedTwitter

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@Jay_3shifty Love all these ladies but CC is in a league of her own

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@GustieAlum there is no question, I wouldn't be where I am today without great mentorship. my message to #MedStudentTwitter , find someone who believes in you and elevates you @NettervilleJim @VanderbiltENT #MedTwitter #COVID19 #WeAreInThisTogether

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3 years

Systemic abx reduction from ear tubes can be beneficial in children. Thanks #NEJM for including me in this valuable discussion. Tympanostomy Tubes or Medical Management for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media | NEJM

Tympanostomy Tubes or Medical Management for Recurrent Acute Otitis Media | NEJM

To the Editor: Hoberman et al. (May 13 issue)1 found similar rates of improvement in pediatric patients with recurrent acute otitis media who had undergone either tympanostomy-tube placement or epi...

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@adjayawardena

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@Jay_3shifty So cool! I wonder if @dailyiowan will include my dear Caitlin Clark op ed?

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@adjayawardena

4 months

Thanks for having me on the show @vsawkar #b1gwbb

Vineeta Sawkar

@vsawkar

4 months

Did you read the poignant letter in @StarTribune to @CaitlinClark22 from a father in MN? He wrote about how watching Clark play has helped strengthen the relationship he has with his own daughter. We talked to him on @TMNwithVineeta :

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@haynes_ear @AnkitaPatro15 @EbenRosenthal Strong work @AnkitaPatro15

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@HawkDad1 .

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@HawkDad1 This is gold

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Who better to identify if a child is struggling to hear than their teacher? This research validates that concept and suggests relying on teachers more in low resources settings.

VUMC Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

@VanderbiltENT

5 years

ICYMI: publication on teachers' ability to identify students at risk of hearing loss, to maximize hearing screening efficiency in low-resource settings, by @JShinnmd , @adjayawardena , Ankita Patro, Gigi Zuniga & @NettervilleJim :

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@HawkDad1 What a tweet!

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@APetersonMed @VanderbiltENT Glad you are joining the @VanderbiltENT family! You will have an incredible experience! Stay hungry.

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"Maybe I could become an “immune provider”: if I beat the disease myself, I could put myself at the front of the front line, completing the riskiest procedures in order to protect both patients and my colleagues."

NEJM

@NEJM

4 years

"Waiting for Something Positive," a new Perspective article by @adjayawardena , now online. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2

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credits: D: @sahan_solo P: @j0shua_mcmaster , @sahan_solo EP: @adjayawardena Storyboard and Animatic: @j0shua_mcmaster Backgrounds: Ben Tomimatsu Animation: @j0shua_mcmaster , Jillian Cabrera, @abukadoodles , Kyra Swander, @adarntweets

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@MarchMadnessWBB @Kamillascsilva @GamecockWBB @paigebueckers1 @UConnWBB @CaitlinClark22 @IowaWBB @tessajohnsonnnn @StuelkeHannah Two Minnesotans and two Iowans! Is America’s heartland the heart of woman’s basketball?! @KimReynoldsIA @amyklobuchar

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Another beautiful @NEJM perspective, which will especially resonate for #parents trying to answer the sometimes impossible question, what is best for my kid in the time of #COVID19

NEJM

@NEJM

4 years

As a cardiology fellow and a surgery resident are redeployed to address the Covid-19 pandemic, one person close to them is bearing an unacknowledged burden of the crisis: their 3-year-old son. To protect him, his parents decide to send him hundreds of miles away. #COVID19

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@adjayawardena

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Ink & Paint @j0shua_mcmaster , Jillian Cabrera, @abukadoodles , Kyra Swander, @adarntweets , @abigailturnervo , @dawn_adepoju , @SerendibCreativ , @LaurenFoster47 Composer: Matt Kerr Sound Design: Martin Hilligoss Graphic Design: @SerendibCreativ Thank you: @NPR , @ncpr , @WBUR

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Let’s make this go ‘viral’

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@adjayawardena

3 years

Great work Nicole!

Amy S. Whigham, MD, MS-HPEd

@WhighamAmyMD

3 years

Congratulations Nicole Kloosterman, Dr. Kristen Yancey, Dr. Asitha Jayawardena and Dr. James Netterville on your 3rd Place Clinical Research Award at ASPO! @__COSM @nicoklooster @KLYancey @adjayawardena @NettervilleJim @VanderbiltENT

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4 years

@sahan_solo *quickly

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@amyklobuchar The future is female

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4 years

@VanderbiltENT Well deserved @GelbardMd . Congrats!

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Honored to be a part of celebrating #AAPIHM @childrensmn . Check out my story below!

Children's Minnesota

@childrensmn

3 years

During #AAPIHM , we're honoring the histories, cultures & contributions of those who came to the U.S., and the generations who enriched our history along the way. Hear from Dr. Asitha Jayawardena, ENT Facial Plastic Clinic physician, about being Sri Lankan:

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@DavidEickholt What a terrible time to start enforcing the rule. Halfway through a game?!

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@adjayawardena

1 year

@Duke_Oto @RolvixPatterson @Fogarty_NIH Congrats! Strong work Robbie!

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@RayJOrtega Can’t wait

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@JoMommaMantz @HawkDad1 I have the world’s cutest clip of my three year old talking about Hannah during our interview with NPR last week. Lmk how I can get it to you as it didn’t make the final NPR cut

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@adjayawardena

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Honored to work with this incredible team! @sahan_solo @j0shua_mcmaster It’s about more than just the mask. #MedTwitter #FilmTwitter #filmfestival

Film Shortage

@FilmShortage

4 years

Can I Have a Mask? ➡️ Daily Pick 😷 As a frontline worker, you're not afraid of the virus. You're afraid of bringing it home. an animated short by @sahan_solo @j0shua_mcmaster @adjayawardena

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‘While once we asked, how could we possibly prevail over catastrophe. Now we assert, how could catastrophe possibly prevail over us.’ - @TheAmandaGorman #thehillweclimb

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

@MeltonMD @ChaseTMAnderson @getusppe @NPR I’m still using re-used n95s too... #MedTwitter

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@adjayawardena

4 years

@sahan_solo @MahelaJay check it out Mahela! A powerful short film made by two Jayawardena brothers! #SriLanka #jayawardena

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Don’t be patient31. #flattenthecurve

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

5 years

All of my favorite things: College Football #hawkeyes . Sportscenter #SVP . and fighting childhood cancer #forthekids . @UIchildrens #gohawks @HawkeyeFootball

SportsCenter

@SportsCenter

5 years

We love this story. Carson King has raised over $50,000 from his @CollegeGameDay sign, and is donating it all to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital 🙏

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Good work Tyler bertroche and @WUSTL_ENT

JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

@JAMAOto

4 years

Creation of negative-pressure aerosol cover for tracheostomy of patients with #COVID19 @WUSTL_ENT

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@adjayawardena

4 years

@HarvardOtoRes @alessacolaMD @VanderbiltENT is getting a good one! Congrats Alessa!

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@adjayawardena

4 years

@jeremyfaust Agree @jeremyfaust . healthcare workers need #PPE . check out this #animated short film, a time capsule of a #healthcare worker's struggle to find a #mask in March and how it affected his family...

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

The best graphic showing why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Routine surgical Decision-Making has now become enormously complex. Great piece by ⁦⁦ @alessacolaMD ⁩ in ⁦ @NewYorker ⁩

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

3 months

@HawkeyeBRay We love you Molly

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Asitha Jayawardena

@adjayawardena

4 years

@appyjumpindaze @GustieAlum @NettervilleJim @VanderbiltENT find someone just like you (or future you) in terms of interests and passion and figure out how to work with them on a project, no matter the scope. if its a good fit, you will know! #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

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@adjayawardena

3 months

@MurphyKeith Incredible piece of writing

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@adjayawardena

3 months

@brilewerke I also feel this weird sense of pride that MC is where she dropped her 60 point bomb and showed the world she’s a mamba

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@adjayawardena

4 years

Flatten the curve. We are all in this together.

Josh Pottel

@JPottel

4 years

Powerful image, for such a simple cartoon. h/t @rmendo3a

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@Dr_Suse_ Thanks for your service. Stay safe!

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Baby Diana becomes Minnesota’s youngest patient to receive cochlear implant after battle with meningitis | ⁦ @childrensmn ⁩

Baby Diana becomes Minnesota’s youngest patient to receive cochlear implant after battle with...

October 3, 2023 As an infant, Diana was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that took her ability to hear in one ear. During her care journey, she...

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