Everyone Probably Needs A Therapist
Everyone needs a therapist. Yes, I said it! Why? Because it’s true! Let’s face it…all of us can have our crazy moments whether you want to admit it or not. Sometimes the way that we think may be “off” due to life dealing you some hard times. It may be that you are having financial issues, relationship […]
Three Reasons Why Women Doctors Should Vote
“Elections have consequences.” How many times have you heard this? Without question decisions made by our elected officials touch every aspect of our lives in some way. This is particularly true for local and state elections. For this reason, whatever your political persuasion it is essential that we all vote this Tuesday. Healthcare reform often […]
#MeToo Medicine
The #MeToo movement is a movement against sexual harassment and sexual assault. #MeToo spread virally in October 2017 as a hashtag used on social media in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace. Initially, while the stories from women were predominantly from the entertainment industry, more and more stories came from other industries, […]
What’s Wrong with This Picture: Two Similar Doctors with Different Salaries
Imagine a scenario: Two doctors complete training in the same program and go on the interview trail for attending jobs together. They interview for the same position on different days. Both are newly minted attending physicians who met the same requirements for residency completion. The first physician gets offered a compensation package and is considering […]
A Doctor’s Encounter with Gun Violence
It was 5:27pm, on a Friday evening, when the pager went off. “Ugh”, said the intern, “Three minutes before shift change and the ER is paging for another admission!” I could see the dismay on his face as he dreaded the thought of staying late on yet another Friday night. I decided to take care […]
Drugs, Race, and Opioids
As a family doctor, I prescribe opioids judiciously. My training taught me to be careful with each and every pill I prescribe, as each script could add another victim to the opioid crisis at the forefront of our country’s current health agenda. However, despite those efforts ― and the efforts of so many others in […]
How to Support Breastfeeding Mommy Docs During Long Board Exams
The majority of women entering medical school are now women, leading to more women residents. Women physicians are in all specialties and all fields, medical and surgical. As an academic pediatrician, I train medical students and residents on a daily basis. Not surprisingly, the field of Pediatrics has a higher percentage of women physicians, with […]
Shining Light On Physician Suicide and Stressors Unique to Women in Medicine
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.48″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″ parallax=”off” parallax_method=”on”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.0.74″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide rates in the United States increased approximately 30% from 1999 to 2016. Mental health conditions, relationship problems, life stressors, and […]
Better Outcomes Yet Less Pay: Its Time To Close the Gender Wage Gap
Last week, The Dallas Medical Journal in their issue titled “Women In Medicine” asked local physicians if they believed a gender wage gap existed, and if so, what were the causes and what can the medical community do about it? The uproar, which I’m sure many of you saw on social media, was started by […]
To Plant A Garden Is to Believe in Tomorrow
“How do you provide Community Service?” These six words from a ten year old Girl Scout created a turning point that led me on a beautiful journey. Like most physicians, my life revolved around long hours, insurance-based patient care, living through the frustration of paperwork, struggling to stay on time and juggling family and work […]
