Chitra Akileswaran, MD, MBA

@chitra_mdmba

Safety net Ob/Gyn | Co-founder/advisor at | Lecturer | Views my own.

San Francisco, CA
Vrijeme pridruživanja: svibanj 2011.

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  1. Annual reading of Dr. MLK’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail.✊🏾 “I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block...[is the] white moderate, who is more devoted to ‘order’ than to justice.”

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    8. sij

    Only after getting pregnant did I realize that lacked a roadmap for how to be a mom CEO, let alone a pregnant one... Appreciate for sharing how I found my way to the right plan for me and my family, and how we're trying to do the same for everyone at

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    3. sij

    My sister from another mister, ⁦⁩, invited me to write this piece about Asian-Black triangulation in healthcare with her for ⁦⁩ out today! Race as a dynamic state: triangulation in health care - The Lancet

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  4. An MD friend wants to do SMS-based outreach for her vulnerable patients. She secured a viable vendor. Then was categorically vetoed by her Bay Area health system. Because apparently new technologies take 3-5 years to implement. And we wonder why healthcare is so far behind...

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    24. pro 2019.

    Thanks for your work to protect democracy in the US and India.

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    Thanks for publishing my commentary on the need to make childbirth safer in rural America. Where you live shouldn’t dictate the outcome of your pregnancy, but in today’s world it does. Let’s start with what we know… (1/n)

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    .’s years long labor of love well worth the wait The plight rural Americans trying to grow their families with dignity (and the inspiring story of one heroic midwife) This week’s :

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    21. pro 2019.

    I was 37 and 39-years-old when I had my children and it always tickled me that my chart said ‘advanced maternal age’. I didn’t feel advanced at all. I just felt ready.

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    . & have been putting out their influential Women in the Workplace report since 2015. Here's a summary of this year’s report, based on 329 companies and 68,500 employees, for those who haven't head time to read it. THREAD 1/

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  11. Surgeons face the ultimate combo of constraints that least accommodate mothers: *Long hours *Intense responsibility *Extended apprenticeship *Lack of gender diversity *Min control over time *Small, indispensable team Bravo to the surgeon moms featured.

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    18. pro 2019.

    "Liking" this tweet doesn't feel right, but it's an important one to pass along and draw attention to. "Must have backbone and be diplomatic, excellent customer service skills..women don't do well here". Good grief. Can I introduce these people to the awesome women I work with?

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    Turns out sometimes it’s really hard making a baby. For those who don’t know how babies are made, here’s the story of the birds and the bees and the 900 other people who sometimes have to get all up in your beehive. That’s right, it’s thread time.

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    I rarely call out books but I am now because this one from my friend (formerly of Rock Health) is about pregnancy and it's fantastic. She approaches with a mix of real talk, science and a total lack of judgement. 🙌

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    15. pro 2019.

    This isn’t right. And it’s much more minor...but when I requested to take a vacation from my last employer with my then 8-month old in 2012, I was told my 2-week paternity leave was already considered vacation.

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  16. What's ironic is that I am an Ob/Gyn. I spend my days attending to those bringing life into this world, and yet in having my own child, I experienced first-hand how little protecting a new mother matters relative to my direct economic contribution to society. Point taken. 7/

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  17. Women/birthing people -- demand equal comp in all ways regardless of parental leave taken. What happens to your 401K contribution, bonus, commission, tenure accumulated? All should continue, just as it would for someone taking earned time off. 6/

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  18. Individual legal action is one path, but I'd like to see more systemic change. First, men/birth partners -- take parental leave available to you. All of it. Be the first if you must, because there's no doubt the woman sitting next to you has at some point had to do the same. 5/

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  19. And so while women risk their careers to make a business case for paid leave, many orgs don't see the discrimination perpetuated by regressive family leave policies. Or adjacent practices (bonus, tenure, commission, etc) that reinforce gendered norms of who matters. 4/

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  20. But THIS is where most organizations are starting. We can go on and on about paid family leave, but for most US employers, parental leave is nothing more than a legal compliance issue. Not an opportunity to shape culture, retain valued employees, or create gender parity. 3/

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