Why I Quit my 30 Year Journey as a Pediatrician
My name is Uchenna Umeh, fondly called Dr. Lulu by my patients. I am a pediatrician and a mom of two teens and one young adult. I like to think of myself as a Momatrician because I have been blessed with not only my own biological children, but I have also been blessed with the […]
Vote for the Women in White Coats Hero of the Year
Here at Women in White Coats we know first hand all the amazing work that women in healthcare are doing. We know because we have been sharing their stories right here on our blog. Women often go unrecognized for their achievements and contributions, so we decided we wanted to pay tribute to some of these […]
Why Women in White Coats need a Wellness Retreat
As Co-Editor-in-Chief, of Women in White Coats, a blog dedicated to being THE VOICE of women doctors, I see one topic come up over and over again among writers and members of our tribe and that is burnout. We get submission after submission on this topic each with a slightly different perspective and sharing the […]
How We Became the Women in White Coats
When I first thought about creating the book “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats.” I thought it was just an idea. I had no clue who would buy into my dream of telling the real story of real women in medicine. I hesitated when I posted the invitation for authors in the book. After […]
We Don’t Need to Fix Women, We Need to Fix the Leaky Leadership Pipeline
Data show over the past decade that more than 47 percent of medical students are women, yet the number of practicing physicians is around 33 percent. Even with the increasing numbers of women entering the field, the number in leadership positions is discouragingly low, especially in top leadership positions. The leaky pipeline, or the disappearance […]
Gun Safety: A “Touchy” Public Health Concern
On January 23rd 2018, a 15-year-old student shot sixteen people at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, killing two other 15-year-olds. Majority of the victims were between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Thirty-two miles north from Benton, a 1997 school shooting killed three students in West Paducah, KY. Violence is traumatizing, […]
Caring For Each Other
As physicians we learn how to treat disease, how to ask questions in order to obtain an accurate history, we typically deal with patients who require terminology to be in “layman’s” terms so that they may understand the complex nature of the physiology that we are trying to explain. But what, if anything, needs to […]
There’s No Heartbeat
“There’s no heartbeat.” Three words that no one ever wants to hear. Three words that no one ever wants to deliver. Yet, as physicians, we deliver those crushing words on a daily basis. None of us would ever take the task of delivering this news lightly, but for me, it was not until I was […]
Addressing Physician Mental Health, One State at a Time
Unexpected patient outcomes and malpractice litigation hit people in white coats hard, commonly altering the course of their lives. I am deeply committed to coaching, speaking and writing regularly regarding these events, thanks to personal experience as well as that of certain beloved colleagues. In line with this passion, I recently devoted a series of […]
How We Got Here: The History Behind the Gender Pay Gap
There is much hubbub in the media currently about the gender pay gap. This phenomenon is unfortunately not new and is no less egregious today as it was at its inception. The gender pay gap is a problem that not only affects women in the United States but also across the globe. So how did […]
