Maneesha Agarwal, MD 
Katie Beck-Esmay When a family member becomes critically ill, we as physicians can experience a traumatic collision of our work life and personal life. In Dr. Maneesha Agarwal’s FIX17 talk, she shares her experience of dealing with a family medical crisis when her daughter became sick with recurrent febrile seizures, and how the stress of being forced to be the medical interpreter to her non-medical family members was incredibly painful for her. Drawing from her experience, Dr. Agarwal offers advice on how to provide support to colleagues who may be undergoing a similar life trauma.
Watch the full FIX17 talk below!
Thank you for sharing your story. This is such a powerful account of that interface of life as a patient or parent of a patient and care provider that you so accurately call a collision. It is a blessing that you were surrounded by supportive colleagues, department leadership, and family. I listened with bated breath to your story on the FemInEM podcast the other day. It gave me life.
Thank you for sharing your story. It was extremely powerful and exemplifies what we go through in balancing our work /life commitments. It is also a blessing when you have such supportive family, colleagues,and supervisors. Many of us have been in similar situations where we need to be a “parent” or “daughter” and the support of others helps tremendously .