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Who lives?
Who dies?
Who tells your story?
You would have been 100 years old yesterday. And, from what I hear, if it were up to you that day would have involved teaching and patient care.
And family, too.
Yup.
Who lives?
Who dies?
Who tells your story?
You would have been 100 years old yesterday. And, from what I hear, if it were up to you that day would have involved teaching and patient care.
And family, too.
Yup.
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I met you before you departed. Stood by as you taught EKG vectors feeling relieved that you weren’t calling on junior faculty.
Whew!
When it came to teaching, you were, as we used to say around my way, “‘bout that life.”
Yeah. That.
‘Bout that LIFE.
I met you before you departed. Stood by as you taught EKG vectors feeling relieved that you weren’t calling on junior faculty.
Whew!
When it came to teaching, you were, as we used to say around my way, “‘bout that life.”
Yeah. That.
‘Bout that LIFE.
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But back to those questions from #Hamilton—who lives? Who dies? Who dies? Who tells your story?
I know—you’re like, “What is #Hamilton? But stay with me, sir.
I think it’s a question about legacy and impact. I think that’s why it’s my favorite song in that whole show.
Yup.
But back to those questions from #Hamilton—who lives? Who dies? Who dies? Who tells your story?
I know—you’re like, “What is #Hamilton? But stay with me, sir.
I think it’s a question about legacy and impact. I think that’s why it’s my favorite song in that whole show.
Yup.
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Okay so check it: 50 years after you, I was born. So we have the zero year thing in common.
I’d meet you when I joined the Emory faculty in 2001. But really, I met you long before then.
Let me explain.
Because it goes back to that legacy thing.
Okay so check it: 50 years after you, I was born. So we have the zero year thing in common.
I’d meet you when I joined the Emory faculty in 2001. But really, I met you long before then.
Let me explain.
Because it goes back to that legacy thing.
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Okay so back in the early 1980s, you were @EmoryDeptofMed Chair of Medicine. And you inspired this man—an aspiring cardiologist named André Churchwell—to come train at Emory.
You would name him Chief Resident. The first Black person to hold that distinction.
Yup.
Okay so back in the early 1980s, you were @EmoryDeptofMed Chair of Medicine. And you inspired this man—an aspiring cardiologist named André Churchwell—to come train at Emory.
You would name him Chief Resident. The first Black person to hold that distinction.
Yup.
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Okay—so Dr. Churchwell would become a decorated teacher—and a leader in #DEI. He’d leave Emory to go to @VUmedicine in his hometown of Nashville to build his career.
He would also spend time teaching cardiology to med students at @MeharryMedical.
Which included me.
Okay—so Dr. Churchwell would become a decorated teacher—and a leader in #DEI. He’d leave Emory to go to @VUmedicine in his hometown of Nashville to build his career.
He would also spend time teaching cardiology to med students at @MeharryMedical.
Which included me.
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Dr. Churchwell told us that you said this:
"Part of being a good doctor is giving a piece of yourself to each patient.”
The same can be said about your learners.
So Dr. Churchwell took the piece of you and gave a piece to us.
Yup.
Dr. Churchwell told us that you said this:
"Part of being a good doctor is giving a piece of yourself to each patient.”
The same can be said about your learners.
So Dr. Churchwell took the piece of you and gave a piece to us.
Yup.
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A year and a half ago when I got appointed as AVC to @EmoryDOMRyse with @BusseyJada, I’d go to the @AAMCtoday Group on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting—where I’d sit next to Dr. Churchwell in a workshop.
He was attentive. Kind. And generous with his expertise.
Just like you.
A year and a half ago when I got appointed as AVC to @EmoryDOMRyse with @BusseyJada, I’d go to the @AAMCtoday Group on Diversity and Inclusion Meeting—where I’d sit next to Dr. Churchwell in a workshop.
He was attentive. Kind. And generous with his expertise.
Just like you.
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We’d name our @EmoryDOMRyse Residents Council the CDIC—Churchwell Diversity and Inclusion Collective. After our first Black chief resident.
A piece of you in him. A piece of him in me. A piece of you both in all of us.
We’d name our @EmoryDOMRyse Residents Council the CDIC—Churchwell Diversity and Inclusion Collective. After our first Black chief resident.
A piece of you in him. A piece of him in me. A piece of you both in all of us.
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Meeting Dr. Churchwell back then put @EmoryDeptofMed on my radar. As a place where I could go and, just maybe, thrive.
I got to visit @VUmedicine as a visiting professor last winter. And got to tell Dr. Churchwell just that.
We talked about you. We talked about legacy.
Meeting Dr. Churchwell back then put @EmoryDeptofMed on my radar. As a place where I could go and, just maybe, thrive.
I got to visit @VUmedicine as a visiting professor last winter. And got to tell Dr. Churchwell just that.
We talked about you. We talked about legacy.
