Medical Tweeps

Dr. Mehmet Oz

I'm a cardiac surgeon, author and Daytime Emmy-winning host of The Dr. Oz Show.
1,782,248 followers |

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

Staff Neurosurgeon, Emory Clinic CNN Chief Medical Correspondent
1,452,001 followers |

WebMD

WebMD and our medical team tweet the most trustworthy and timely health news and information to you.
425,455 followers |

Harvard Health

Authoritative health information, drawing on the expertise of 8,000 faculty physicians at Harvard Medical School and its world-famous affiliated hospitals.
337,868 followers |

NPR Health News

Health coverage from the NPR Science Desk
233,682 followers |

NYTimes Well

Follow Tara Parker-Pope as she sifts through medical research to help readers live well every day. Also find Tara on Twitter @taraparkerpope
183,950 followers |

CBC Health News

Health news from CBCNews.ca.
175,526 followers |

USA TODAY Health

Latest news on health, science, fitness, food, parenting, and relationships from USATODAY.com.
130,944 followers |

NEJM

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM.org) is the world’s leading medical journal and website.
66,024 followers |

Kevin Pho, M.D.

Social media's leading physician voice. USA TODAY's Board of Contributors. Keynote speaker. Also at KevinMD.com and Facebook.com/KevinMDblog
52,528 followers |

CNN Health

Bringing you breaking health news, tips & features on living better.
45,145 followers |

BMJ

BMJ - British Medical Journal aims to lead the debate on health, and to engage doctors, researchers and health professionals to improve outcomes for patients.
36,734 followers |

Tom Heston

I help people make wise health decisions. Dedicated to your good health! - Tom Heston, MD
35,890 followers |

MedlinePlus.gov

Latest news & info on health & medicine. Tweets are not medical advice. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine. Privacy Policy: http://1.usa.gov/wNSCpz
33,629 followers |

Joseph Kim, MD, MPH

Physician Executive, Digital Entrepreneur, Founder of MedicineandTechnology.com NonClinicalJobs.com MedicalSmartphones.com MobileHealthComputing.com
30,123 followers |

Dr. Linda Hancock

Dr. Linda Hancock - Professional Speaker, Author and Business Coach
30,108 followers |

Reuters Health

22,929 followers |

HarvardPublicHealth

Educating new generations of global health leaders & taking innovative ideas from the lab to people's lives
22,511 followers |

Dr. Jennifer Ashton

MD,Ob-Gyn, women's health expert, co-host of ABC's The Revolution, author of Your Body Beautiful and The Body Scoop for Girls,triathlete, hockey fan, mother.
22,353 followers |

Dr. David Orman

David Orman is a Wellness Entrepreneur, Expert and Educator. He is the author of 2 books anddeveloper of the country's premiere anti aging formula, Hgh Plus.
19,328 followers |

Matthew Herper

Forbes reporter covering science and medicine
14,817 followers |

For medical students

The international website by and for medical students and junior doctors, from the British Medical Journal
13,735 followers |

annabel bentley

doctor in london,likes beaches, patient-orientated evidence, informed decision making &health2.0 Blogs Onmedica.com, BMJ http://bit.ly/bwyoAx [personal tweets]
12,554 followers |

Jennifer Gunter

OB/GYN, writer, sex health expert, defender of evidence-based medicine. I wield the lasso of truth. Tweets are not medical advice. I speak for no one but me.
10,286 followers |

Vinny Arora

Internal medicine doc advising students & residents about medical careers. Interested in ways to improve medical education and patient care.
10,057 followers |

drval

MD founder of Better Health, LLC: a network of 130 medical bloggers, partnered with the CDC, ACP, Harvard Health Pubs & more. Smart health commentary.
10,043 followers |

Mike Sevilla, MD

Family Physician. Social Media Enthusiast. Formerly @DoctorAnonymous. http://BlogTalkRadio.com/FamMedRocks
9,102 followers |

Ves Dimov, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Chicago, Allergist/Immunologist, Internist. Former NEJM Advisory Panel Member
9,060 followers |

WendySueSwanson MD

Mother, pediatrician & blogger for Seattle Children's Hospital. Using my friends in and out of the hospital to understand.
8,831 followers |

Doctors Lounge

DoctorsLounge medical community, news, discussions and blogs.
8,626 followers |

Doctors.net.uk

The largest and most active network of medical professionals in the UK
7,810 followers |

steve sternberg

Deputy Health Rankings Editor at U.S. News & World Report.
7,678 followers |

AAFP

American Academy of Family Physicians represents more than 105,900 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students.
6,930 followers |

Daniel Kraft, MD

Stanford & Harvard trained MD, Scientist, Entrepreneur. Executive Director of FutureMed http://FutureMed2020.com & Medicine Track Chair @ Singularity University
6,891 followers |

Pia Christensen

Hot health headlines and other news from the Association of Health Care Journalists.
6,214 followers |

Richard T

Check out my website for free Health stuff. Also checkout my other Twitter username RichardsPalace !
6,213 followers |

David Williams

Co-founder of MedPharma Partners. Author of Health Business Blog. Board member of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations
5,170 followers |

FamilyDoctorMag.com

Trustworthy, upbeat health website written by doctors & other experts. (Disclaimer: Tweets are by @LAwordsmith & aren't personal advice.)
5,159 followers |

The Doctor's Channel

Online videos for doctors that are pointed, accurate and brief. Follow us on Facebook! http://bit.ly/9upbPB
5,111 followers |

Mike Cadogan

ER physician, writer, father, Rock-Doc, Western Force doctor, and ephemeral disambiguant
4,750 followers |

Nurse K

An ER nurse who is a stickler for making the gangbangers pull their pants up. I write a blog, too. You should read it.
4,636 followers |

CanadianMedicalAssoc

The Canadian Medical Association (l’association médicale canadienne) has 74,000+ physician members, and lobbies on behalf of these members and their patients.
4,524 followers |

Ed Y Lu, PhD

Industrial researcher to connect dots between research and clinical practices by providing the latest developments in clinical trials and biotech start-ups.
4,490 followers |

Dr.Susan Biali, MD

Health & Happiness Expert,Blogger @PsychToday, @besthealthmag Embrace Life Expert,Life Coach,Speaker,Doctor, Flamenco Dancer! Author:Live a Life You LOVE
4,455 followers |

ACEP

Advancing emergency medical care, advocating for emergency patients
3,447 followers |

GruntDoc

Miscellaneous Ramblings from an Emergency Physician in Texas
3,434 followers |

Jamie Davis

Jamie Davis, the Podmedic, is the host of online shows MedicCast and Nursing Show and producer of specialty health care conference video and audio programming.
3,177 followers |

Bill Crounse, MD

Bill Crounse, MD, is a physician, tv broadcaster, and former svp/cio/cmio. For the past decade he has been senior director, worldwide health for Microsoft.
3,164 followers |

EmergncyMedicineNews

Breaking News from the No. 1 Publication in Emergency Medicine http://www.facebook.com/emnewsmagazine
3,066 followers |

Jon Black MD, MPH

MD/MPH. Ob/Gyn Resident. Photographer. Ultimate Frisbee. Globetrotter. Foodie. Drinkie. Outdoors not Indoors. Global Health. My Tweets Aren't Advice.
3,045 followers |

Thomas H. Lee

Orthopedic Surgeon. Amherst/Columbia/ Thomas Jefferson. Specialty interest: Foot/Ankle. Always learning about Food/ Travel/ Fitness.
2,744 followers |

Vandna Jerath, MD

Ob/Gyn physician in Parker, CO at Optima Women's Healthcare - obstetrics, gynecology, infertility, urogynecology, & wellness. Tweets are not medical advice.
2,691 followers |

rlbates

Plastic surgeon who quilts, wife, sister, dog lover, blogger
2,666 followers |

BC Medical Journal

The BC Medical Journal provides continuing medical education through scientific research, review articles, and updates on contemporary clinical practices.
2,619 followers |

Katherine Chretien

Internist, medical educator, humor writer, founder/editor of Mothers in Medicine group blog. On Board of Contributors at USA TODAY.
2,614 followers |

Cameron Kaiser

Christian conservative physician computer nerd and roadgeek. *All tweets are personal. I issue nothing official on this account. Opinions my own.*
2,425 followers |

Kim McAllister

Kim McAllister: Blogger, RN, NASCAR fan: Kasey Kahne all the way!, Fan of Hugh Hewitt (proud Tribble) & James Lileks, Brady Quinn, and Notre Dame! #tcot, #hhrs
2,410 followers |

Carolyn Anderson

I teach people how to improve their energy levels to improve their work/life balance. I am also a surgeon, entrepreneur and founder of the Impowerage Magazine.
2,384 followers |

Kevin B. O'Reilly

Reporter covering medical ethics, health care quality and patient safety for American Medical News (@amednews). RTs are not endorsements.
2,365 followers |

Bert

Angry Dreamer | Injured Marathoner | Introvert Investor | Geek Gamer | impatient health
2,252 followers |

Scott Pearlman

Scott Pearlman, MD, is Medical Director at OrganizedWisdom Health and a practicing Emergency Medicine Physician.
2,136 followers |

Holly Golightly

Once I was a bored housewife, then I went to medical school. Now I am a bored hospitalist physician.
2,094 followers |

ZDoggMD

Hospital doc & purveyor of fine medical satire. Downtown Las Vegas denizen & evangelist. Slightly funnier than placebo.
2,081 followers |

Dr. Ed Tori

Health #innovation & #education through #humor #persuasion #entrepreneurship #gaming & enterprise social collaboration
2,045 followers |

Dr Fiona Pathiraja

Hospital doctor with interests in radiology+ public health. Oscar de la Renta's biggest fan.
2,042 followers |

vascular surgeon

Tweets from a Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon at the frontline
2,037 followers |

Doctor D

On-line persona of a real doctor. Quoted by the NY Times. I ramble about doctor-patient relationships, etc. I used to drop knowledge on my blog. Now I tweet it.
2,021 followers |

mel herbert

ER doc in LA!
2,011 followers |

MD CHAT

MD_Chat is a Twitter chat for MDs. We use the hashtag #MDchat. This is not a medical advice account.
1,972 followers |

Fenway Medical

A leading provider of supplies and caregiving advice for those who are taking care of their elderly loved one or parent in the home setting.
1,971 followers |

Ambulance Driver

Musings on life, death and everything in between.
1,955 followers |

Ruth Ann Crystal, MD

Ob/Gyn doctor making documentary film on bringing back humanity to medicine. Francophile. Love to bake. My tweets are not medical advice.
1,913 followers |

Merrilee Fullerton

physician blogger/writer
1,885 followers |

Perry Hookman

Certified in both Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine.
1,716 followers |

UBC Medicine

British Columbia's only medical school, and one of the fastest-growing in North America.
1,686 followers |

Graham Walker

Stanford Simulation Medicine Fellow, Emergency Physician, web developer. So it goes.
1,669 followers |

Dr. Tyeese Gaines

A physician-journalist mom, trying to keep herself sane in an overbooked, high-stress world. Health editor for NBC's @theGRIO.
1,666 followers |

Ohio Family Practice

Loving life & loving our patients in The 330! Dr. Dom Dera runs the tweet machine, Drs. Sabin & Cajigas are here sometimes too.
1,655 followers |

DoctorWisdom

Health Wisdom from the very best doctors who use Twitter to share health info, links, resources, and research to help people.
1,598 followers |

ER doc

Emergency physician. Mom. Wife. Busy.
1,570 followers |

Najeh Ahmad, MD MPH

Physician at the Permanente MedicalGroup, tweet on HealthCare policy, Telemonitoring, Diversity & Preventive Med. (views are mine & they are not medical advice)
1,562 followers |

Scott Weingart

The EMCrit Podcast is obsessed with all things ED Critical Care.
1,537 followers |

AHA Meetings

American Heart Association scientific conferences and professional development seminars to disseminate new and emerging scientific knowledge
1,445 followers |

Edward Kim, MD, MBA

Physician, researcher, delighted father of 3. Trying to improve healthcare quality, reduce disparities, one tweet at a time...
1,441 followers |

Edic Stephanian

Surgeon interested in business
1,436 followers |

Grand Rounds

The weekly collection of the best in medical blogging
1,402 followers |

Dr. Lori

Doctor. Wife. Mom of 2 boys. Blogger. Nobel prize winner. Beauty queen. Pathological liar. I'm not a narcissist, I just play one on Twitter.
1,282 followers |

Pat Rich

Online editor for the Canadian Medical Association. Views are my own
1,264 followers |

Joey P

I’m never afraid to try. Anything's possible. Collect experiences. My Passions: Medicine, globetrotting, fitness, & being social. Co-founder 140Sweets Charity
1,235 followers |

Dr. Alan Brookstone

Physician, Healthcare IT Consultant, Electronic Medical Records Specialist
1,215 followers |

Doc Gurley

Motto: Each tweet should leave you 1) better informed about health, 2) inspired to invest in your wellth, or 3) with a zing of joy. Maybe even all three at once
1,143 followers |

New Zealand Doctor

New Zealand Doctor newspaper - news for primary care
1,074 followers |

Matthew Bowdish MD

Physician (BC allergy/clinical immuno/IM), husband, father, veggie gardener, genealogy geek & USC football fan. Friedrich Hayek & William Osler are my heroes.
1,030 followers |

Michelle Lin

Emergency Medicine at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital
1,019 followers |

Just Me

35yrs old ER RN learning to love my patients one drug seeker at a time
986 followers |

MEDIC THREE

Husband. Father. Medic
976 followers |

URMCdiscoveries

We're one of the nation's top academic medical centers, with an unwavering commitment to health research that translates into real-world cures.
955 followers |

MedWire News

MedWire News is an independent online medical news service.
941 followers |

Wayne Guerra

ER MD & Co-Founder of iTriage, an iPhone/Android & smartphone App that empowers patients to make better healthcare decisions. Also on line @ www.iTriageHealth.
903 followers |

Randstad Health MD

Locum Medical is now Randstad Healthcare a physician staffing firm placing physicians of all specialties in locum tenens, permanent & government positions.
823 followers |

Alex Lickerman

Buddhist, physician, writer
738 followers |

Jeff W

Medical Student | Photographer | Writer | Blogger | Laker Fan | Technophile
645 followers |

Sam Ko, MD, MBA

Emergency Physician with an MBA toolbox. Dedicated to healing patients and health care organizations.
636 followers |

Floating Doctors

We are an all-volunteer non-profit medical relief team dedicated to reducing the present and future burden of disease in the developing world.
627 followers |

Rob Orman

624 followers |

Richard Bradley

Emergency physician with the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
610 followers |

Albinoblackbear

I'm a medical student and former ER/arctic RN who's ridiculously good at parallel parking and making soup. I enjoy high acuity and my road bike. Not together.
599 followers |

Dan McCoy, MD

Physician health care blogger at docdano.com
591 followers |

whitecoat

the making/shaping/evolution of your future MDs
585 followers |

CIR

Advocating for resident physicians & improved health care, we’re the country’s largest housestaff union, representing 13,000 doctors & their patients nationwide
576 followers |

Karim Brohi

Trauma Surgeon. Vascular Surgeon. Londoner.
545 followers |

RadioRounds

Med-student run radio talk show, visit www.RadioRounds.org for ways to listen! Today's Stories | Tomorrow's Doctors
531 followers |

Wes Wilson

Medicine, Scientist, Sometimes Photographer, and Self proclaimed adventurer.
513 followers |

Angela Gardner

Past President of the American College of Emergency Physicians
511 followers |

drmintz

Associate Professor of Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine
484 followers |

John Schumann, M.D.

Doctor-Writer working to demystify, simplify, and improve medical care.
454 followers |

EM BLOGGER

The Blog for Emergency Medicine
399 followers |

Shane Hall, MD

family doc in mckinney, tx. news, trivia, and practice updates
396 followers |

James Rudd

Cardiologist, researcher, Mac geek. YouTube channel at http://bit.ly/nucRrw
338 followers |

MNT Medical Students

The latest news for medical students published daily. Articles from research centers, universities and prestigious journals.
327 followers |

Martina Scholtens

Family physician practicing refugee medicine in Vancouver. Mother of four, lover of words, Anglican. Contributor at www.mothersinmedicine.com
250 followers |

philroman

Anesthesiologist, cynic, rulebreaker
238 followers |

Kathleen Rokavec

Physician, chef, author.
186 followers |

Sunny

Physician extraordinaire.
153 followers |

Irvin Sulapas

Resident physician by day. Sometimes sleeping resident physician by night.
79 followers |

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