The Reveal
My son is 16 months old, and I’ve never told his pediatrician I’m a doctor. More than a decade after becoming an M.D., I still struggle with the “reveal” of my identity as a physician when a family member or…
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My son is 16 months old, and I’ve never told his pediatrician I’m a doctor. More than a decade after becoming an M.D., I still struggle with the “reveal” of my identity as a physician when a family member or…
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…
She came up to me and said, “You saved my life.” I remember meeting this woman while I was walking my dog in a woody park near my home and I was taken aback. She didn’t look like someone who…
Ladies, I am terrified. I wrote a more PC version of this op-ed. But here, I’d like to assume I’m amongst friends – those who may be having similar thoughts this week. I had to write this because it’s the…
Content warning: This piece deals with the subject of death. I have a white bear rule – don’t think about dead people before bed. I started this rule in residency, when I would finish a shift that often involved an…
Terrible things happen every day in Emergency Departments across the country and around the world. In addition to the patient victims, physicians and team members can be profoundly affected by these events. We are the second victims. I share here…
Dear Jon, Don’t worry, this isn’t that kind of Dear John letter. We’ve been married seven years. We’ve had our ups and downs but overall it’s been good. We have three beautiful children. I look forward to many good years…
Being a black female emergency physician gives one a dichotomous perspective of race and power in America. On one hand I am initially seen as a black woman and given the racist and sexist foundations in this country, to some…