Observed arrival · 2026-11-06
The history of #ILookLikeASurgeon
A first-person history and linked archive of the hashtag movement about identity, representation, and belonging in surgery.
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- Surgeons, trainees, and medical-culture researchers
- Worth noticing
- The three organizers say they retweeted nearly every post for two months, sometimes working 18–22-hour days.
Field notes
The account divides the history into dated stages, from the August 2015 origin through early amplification and a February 2016 reference in a surgical-society presidential address. It describes the organizers soliciting posts on diversity, patient care, and humanism, then linking the campaign to essays, press coverage, and academic literature; the page lists The BMJ, Associations Now, and other sources. The first-person narrative also records leadership calls as the conversation grew.
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