M.D. Plus an Additional Degree?
As I wrote in my chapter “My Journey to Becoming a Teen Doc“ in The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 book, I have wanted to be a doctor since I was ten years old. During my adolescent medicine fellowship, I enjoyed working with my patients one on one but I always thought that […]
Want Three More Weeks Off a Year?
Me: “Want three more weeks off each year?” You: “Of course, I do! What do I have to do to get it?” You might think you will have to negotiate your contract. Or you might need to beg. Nope, it is easy. You just chart like a guy! In the February 2021 JAMA Internal Medicine […]
Making Babies with Love and Science
Most people haven’t given infertility a second thought, let alone the profession of embryology, until they are unfortunately faced with the need for infertility care. An embryologist is a fertility specialist that helps to create embryos to either be used in IVF right away or to be frozen for later use. Embryologists aren’t MDs, but […]
Successful, Fulfilled and High-Performing Teams Are Led With Empathy.
We are all doing our best to find a way to effectively manage and successfully adapt during these rapidly changing times. As opposed to reacting, we are planning, responding, and evolving in ways that are more attune to our wide range of emotional signals. I think a silver lining in this pandemic is that it […]
On the Other Side of Burnout
It was only after attending the WIWC Virtual Conference a few weeks ago that it finally dawned on me – the realization that I had finally arrived at a place that just four short years ago, I never thought I’d reach: the other side of burn out. To be honest, I’m not exactly sure when […]
The Day I Lost My Job
After graduating from my pharmacy residency program and securing a clinical pharmacist position in diabetes management, I was so excited to see what this next chapter in my professional life would bring. So, imagine my surprise when I walked into work on January 30th to discover my position had been ELIMINATED just 6 months after […]
7 Tips for Budding Pediatricians
As a young girl, I loved to spend my Saturdays playing “school”. I would line my dolls and stuffed animals up on our back porch, and teach them all lessons using a play chalkboard and school supplies. I could play for hours. My mom was convinced I’d be a teacher when I grew up – […]
I am the Face of Burnout
I am the face of early career female physician burnout. And I fought it so hard Until I realized that in order to overcome this foe, it wasn’t me that was broken. It wasn’t me that need to be fixed. It wasn’t something inherently wrong with me. I was working from a place of exhaustion […]
Pushing Past a Test Yet Feeling Like A Fraud
For 7 years I have been living a life of shame. I have been fearful that I would be discovered and called a fraud. Constantly feeling inadequate and not worthy of my initials M.D. “Why?” you may ask. Because for almost 7 years I had not attained the title of “Board Certified”. I have taken […]
A Female Plastic Surgeon’s Perspective on Marketing Your Clinical Practice
I am on a mission to share lessons on online marketing with as many clinicians as I can. After leaving a successful academic group practice, I started a solo private practice in a town over 75 miles away. At that time, I had no clue where to start when it came to establishing myself online, […]
