WORK focuses on how we do our jobs as FemInEMs. We will discuss gender dynamics in the emergency department, communication challenges and effective strategies to be successful in workplace.
We are thrilled to feature Dr. Sheryl Heron is a Professor and Vice Chair of Administrative Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine, the Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs on the Grady Campus and Associate Director of…
Jane van Dis, MD is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Co-Founder and CEO of Equity Quotient. She is Medical Director for Ob Hospitalist Group, and Medical Director for MavenClinic. She received her medical degree from the University of South Dakota and trained in…
For our first episode, we are so excited to feature Dr. Kathleen Clem. Among her many stellar accomplishments, she served as the founding president of AWAEM in 2009. She’s a true pioneer of emergency medicine— she was the first female…
Dr. Ali Raja is the Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Radiology at Harvard Medical School. Dr.Raja received his MPH from the Harvard School of…
I have a confession to make. I don’t have children. You read that right. I’m a woman, of childbearing age, who doesn’t have children, and I have no plans to. You might read this and think, “Hey, that’s fine, this…
Trigger Warning: Tissues might be needed. When we found out we were pregnant we were ecstatic. Our first attempt had not worked out so well, as many do, and my wife had a miscarriage. “Don’t worry, you can try again….
Dr. Mary Claire O’Brien is the Senior Associate Dean for Healthcare Education and a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Professor of Social Sciences and Health Policy at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She is also a mom, a mentor, a…
“Ugh, another ‘vag’ bleeder in room 10, I guess that’s mine.” His preceding exasperated sigh was not subtle. As a medical student on my emergency medicine rotation, I watched the tired resident slowly will himself out of the chair and…
Michelle Lin, MD, MPH, MS 
Jane van Dis, MD 
Ali Raja, MD MBA MPH 
Elizabeth Pontius, MD 
Andrew Tagg 
Mary Claire O'Brien, MD 
Kelly Quinley, MD