In some respects, advising physicians on their finances is easy – akin to a simple recipe. The planning objectives are usually consistent: mitigate the risk of lawsuits, minimize the impact of getting hurt or sick, and eliminate debt strategically and…
“It seems like you’re telling me that there have only been a few people who have succeeded, and you’re saying that I really won’t be able to follow any of the paths that led to their success.” This statement summed…
Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick is one of the most eye-opening books that I’ve cracked open recently. Maya Dusenbery does a great job at sharing perspectives that had me…
Letter to the Editor of FemInEM: Regarding: Big and Bright Ideas section of Dallas Medical Journal, vol. 104, no. 9 Madam Editor: Some commentary in the Big and Bright Ideas section of this edition of the Journal has attracted a…
The pay gap between men and women has been a subject of interest recently, particularly in 2018 reports by Doximity and Medscape. Notably, the gap favors men, is not explained by obvious factors such as hours worked or choice of…
As emergency medicine physicians, we are uniquely trained to examine and evaluate for both physical and psychiatric evidence of trauma. We examine and treat patients who present with injuries from both accidental and non-accidental trauma on daily basis. Our emergency…
Emergency medicine offers a window into people’s lives at some of their most vulnerable moments. As I rush from the trauma bay to a resuscitation to an overflowing waiting room, I am no longer acutely aware of this. The raw…
The Medscape National Physician Burnout and Depression Report is out, and the news is not happy. Forty-two percent of (physician) respondents reported burnout, and 15 percent acknowledged feeling depressed. According to the study, emergency physicians have some of the highest…
By FemInEMs, for FemInEMs
Annie Kaplan, MD 
Michelle Lall, MD 
Nikita Joshi, MD 
Pete Heckman 
Abigail Hankin-Wei, MD 
Wendy Woolley, DO 
Rob Oelhaf, MD 
Esther Choo, MD, MPH 
Jane van Dis, MD 
Dara Kass, MD 
Utsha Khatri, MD 
Anne Merritt, MD 
Dr. Melanie Watts 
