Dara Kass 
Aparna Iyer, MD 
Amber L. Beckenhauer, DO 
Anonymous Female Emergency Physician How I Became an Anonymous Feminist
A father and a son are in a car accident. The father dies instantly, and the son is taken to the nearest hospital. The doctor comes in and exclaims, “I can’t operate on this boy!” “Why not?” the nurse asks….
Pete Heckman A Financial Check Up
From the editors – We are excited to bring you this piece on managing your finances, something that can be overwhelming and intimidating to many physicians. It is meant to be for general advice and is not a specific endorsement…
Ashely Alker MD MSc How to Make a Leader
Pathways to leadership can be tortuous. A man who endured childhood abuse and depression, with a healthy skepticism for Christianity, became Reverend Martin Luther King. As a child living in Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai, was banned from attending school because of…
Teresa Y. Smith, MD, MSEd, FACEP The Binds that Break Me
It’s rare that we see overt acts within institutions that actively block women from leadership roles. Though I am sure it happens, these are not frequently the binds that hold us back in modern society. No, it’s more subtle than…
Amy Faith Ho, MD Hierarchy and a Culture of Wellness
When I was a medical student, trying to forge my path on the clinical wards as a third year, there was a lot to turn me off the idea of a career in medicine entirely – sleep deprivation, early mornings,…
Demis Lipe, MD The Double Bind – Women Leaders in the Military
One of the greatest challenges for women who hope to advance to leadership positions is the double standard that many face. This is known as the double bind; and it is essentially the idea that if a female leader acts…
You Are Not Strong Enough
I was diagnosed with a debilitating autoimmune disease in my first trimester of medical school. It would eventually leave me disabled during residency, requiring a medical leave of absence. It was during this time that I met with a Program…
Tanya Belle, MD 
Tricia Smith, MD Stand in AWE: Academic Women Engage
There are nearly 6,000 emergency residents in the United States, and around 2,000 of us are women.1 We work in a variety of practice environments, and learn unique methods of managing patients. Some of us have scarcely seen a patient…
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