Wife, mom, regional anesthesiologist @Duke_Anesthesia, #DukeRAP fellowship PD. #MedEd, #simulation, foodie, traveler. Tweets ≠ medical advice.

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You can watch anatomy. Or you can experience it. The Anatomy Lab at #RegionalSummit26 : 🫀 Cadaveric tissue 🔊 Ultrasound 💉 Needles + catheters 👥 Expert faculty 🙌 No patient pressure Free. Limited to 50 fellows. Tampa | Nov 13–15 Regional anesthesia fellows + recent grads: register now.
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Networking → Connections. A room full of people isn’t a community. The Summit is bringing regional anesthesia fellows together to learn, compete, hang out — and actually get to know one another. Meet your people. 📍 Tampa 📅 Nov 13–15 🎟️ FREE registration for fellows + recent grads #RegionalSummit26
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This week has been 🔥 at #DukeRAP - quite literally! 🔥 Firestarter course @UNC_Anesthesia 💉 Crisis resource management simulation course 🎓 Alumni panel 📜 Contract negotiation lecture 🍸 Resident recruitment happy hour The only thing we haven't blocked is the calendar!
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Great meetings have outstanding faculty. We also feel like it's super important to know the people behind the credentials. Over the coming weeks, we'll be introducing the incredible faculty joining us at the Regional Anesthesia Fellowship Summit—not with traditional bios, but with collectible All-Star Cards! Each card highlights the expertise, personality, and mentorship that make our faculty special. To learn more, check out the website in the post below... All-Star Card # 1: Professor, educator, YouTuber, researcher and innovator, @KiJinnChin !! 🤩 #RegionalSummit26
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
🤩 Another Summit All-Star joins the lineup: @James_Kim_MD There are people who know regional anesthesia—and then there are people who are truly gifted at teaching it. James is one of the best teachers I’ve ever seen. He’s smart, funny, practical, and has a remarkable ability to make trainees better. As Chief of Regional Anesthesiology at UT Southwestern, James also knows what it takes to build a successful RAAPM service—and how to bring surgeons along for the ride. His fellowship advice probably tells you everything you need to know about his approach: “The hardest part of a block is often the decision-making, not the needle placement.” Exactly. We’re thrilled to have James teaching at The Summit this November. And apparently he’ll be arriving to Ludacris. 😂 #RegionalSummit26
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Regional anesthesia fellows: Switch on Summit mode. The Summit isn’t a meeting built around sitting in a ballroom all weekend. It’s a weekend built for you — to sharpen your craft, prepare for what comes after fellowship, and build relationships with the people who will become your colleagues for years to come. Hands-on learning. Real conversations. Incredible faculty. A little competition. And a lot more fun than your usual conference. 📍 Tampa, FL 📅 November 13–15, 2026 🎟️ Registration is free for regional anesthesia fellows and recent RAAPM fellowship graduates. #RegionalSummit26 @amit_pawa @EMARIANOMD @ASRA_Society @ASAMonitor @Duke_Anesthesia @KalagaraHari @deepak_neuro @Neuro_Kellie @Nadia_Hdz_MD @anesthesiadocmd @lipidguy @shaskinsMD @MKwesiKwofie @KiJinnChin @dr_tgro @dr_melissabyrne @SreeHPraveenKO1 @James_Kim_MD
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
If you’re a regional anesthesia fellow—or you JUST finished fellowship—we built this for you. Cadavers. Ultrasound. Amazing faculty. Career stuff nobody teaches you. Competition. New friends. Tampa. 🌴 And registration is FREE. The Summit | Nov 13–15 Tag the fellow you’d bring with you. 👇 #RegionalSummit26 #Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #MedTok #MedicalEducation #AnesthesiaFellowship
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#DukeRAP fellowship inaugural leadership capstone is in the books! ✔️ medicolegal implications ✔️ systems creation ✔️ educational toys ✔️ crucial conversations (kudos @Sean_Ryan_MD @DukeOrtho for the fake tears!) ✔️ curriculum building @Duke_Anesthesia @EmilyBarneyHall
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
We do a pretty good job of teaching regional fellows where to put the needle and take excellent care of patients. But then... They graduate and are suddenly expected to just figure it out. The decision-making. The competing priorities in a busy OR. The real-world judgment. Navigating conversations with surgeons and administrators. What to do when things go wrong. That gap is real. So we built a meeting around it. Just for fellows. Nov 13-15, 2026 | Tampa, FL regional-summit.com
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Another wonderful Triangle Regional Education Series with our friends at @UNC_Anesthesia @Duke_Anesthesia. Thank you @BryantTranMD for hosting in your beautiful home!
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Congratulations🎉🎉 to Gaston Labat Award winner @aboezaart1 Inspiring speech and touching tribute to @LeWendling #ASRASPRING26 meeting co-chair. @ASRA_Society @UF_Anesthesia
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Proud of our #DukeRAP fellows on the hard work they’ve poured into research projects all year. 5 posters, 2 President’s Choice awards, and 1 ASRA travel award! Here’s Dr. Marc Ghabach, our brilliant QI chief, sharing our experience with intercostal cryo for peds #ASRASPRING26
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Hey #ASRASPRING2026 have you heard RA and MedEd goddess 👑 @AmandaKumarMD wrap up the journey of gabapentin use in acute pain in just 15 minutes!? It’s legend-wait-for-it-dary! @ASRA_Society @_Stephen_Davies @James_Kim_MD @Duke_Anesthesia @ArianaPrinzbach
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
A systematic approach to systemic analgesia - Methadone, buprenorphine, ketamine, and gabapentinoids all covered by this stellar panel. @ESchwenkMD @AmandaKumarMD @jattarab @ASRA_Society #ASRASPRING26
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
Calling all future block-star 💉🌟 RAAPM Fellows!! Come say hi to the current Blue Devils 🔵😈 and learn about @Duke_Anesthesia at the #ASRASPRING2026 meet and greet! 7PM at the Valley Overlook! @AmandaKumarMD @ASRA_Society @_Stephen_Davies @wmbullockMDPhD @Jerryblocksthat
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So proud of our fellow Dr. Katrina Bantis on her ASRA fellow travel award for her research project! 🙌
What happens when you mix arts and crafts with sterility? FAST Kits presented by block-star fellow Katrina Bantis says 🙅‍♀️no pre-prepping kits unless you like contamination 🦠 #ASRASPRING2026 @AmandaKumarMD @Duke_Anesthesia @ASRA_Society @wmbullockMDPhD @_Stephen_Davies @docmorne
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Very serious #DukeRAP fellowship business at #ASRASPRING26
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Amanda Kumar retweeted
Replying to @wmbullockMDPhD
@wmbullockMDPhD SCHOOLING us on RA impact on sympathetics, graft function and surgical outcomes ✏️Can you say “spectral waveform velocities” at 8:55 AM?! Only at #ASRASPRING2026 @AmandaKumarMD @ASRA_Society @_Stephen_Davies @KalagaraHari @galusweegie
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Looking forward to @ASRA_Society Spring Meeting this April in Phoenix, AZ! Med students, residents, and fellows, below are some events that I’d like to highlight at the upcoming meeting. Excited to connect and meet you all! #ASRASPRING26
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