TALK is the most loosely structured section of FemInEM. We will explore non-typical topics and interview physicians (both within and outside emergency medicine) that are doing fascinating things with their careers.
When I arrived home last Wednesday morning, I was broken and beaten down from a long night in North Philadelphia sharing hugs, tears, and anecdotes with my patients who were heartbroken with the results of the election. However, I had the…
A few months before election day, a grassroots group was created on Facebook called Pantsuit Nation. As the name probably implies, it was a group for Clinton supporters, where we shared our positivity about Hillary Clinton as a candidate and…
For me, Election Day begins with a code. Our patient, sprawled in the middle of the floor, seems frail next to the 200-lb paramedic who is performing chest compressions. A female supervisor is directing the well-coordinated resuscitation, and another medic…
I have always escaped reality into the pages of a good book. I vividly remember being a young girl hiding under my covers with a flashlight as I continued to read my latest Nancy Drew mystery well after bedtime. Over…
The day before my six-year old nephew, Caleb, passed away my sister-in-law and I had taken our kids to buy them new bicycles. Caleb was the oldest and could ride circles around his little sister and my girls. I remember…
The crisp autumn air stings my cheeks as I begrudgingly lace up my Nikes. One foot in front of the other, I sluggishly start my morning jog. With my irregular breathing and burning lungs, I was completely convinced that I…
I read the article by Peggy Klaus (13 August 2016) in the New York Times, “Sisterhood is not enough: why workplace equality needs men, too” with much interest. Over the course of my medical and undergraduate studies I have taken…
When I found out my daughter was allergic to peanuts, she was a year old. She couldn’t have cared less. She was smiling and happy, sitting on my lap in the allergist’s office, blissfully unaware of the big red mark on…
Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO 
Mari Siegel 
Melody Glenn, MD 
Wendy Woolley, DO 
Annie Kaplan, MD 
Theresa Hsaio, DO 
Erica Kreismann, MD 
Kristen Maguire, MD