After a stressful morning, a physician colleague receives a note from her 4 year old that read “MOMYOUFORGOTTOGIVEMEAKISSTODAY” in classic large, space less toddler scrawl. She shared it knowing that other physician mommies can relate. We’ve all been there. The…
In 7th grade, I was at a school dance. Everyone was dressed in their best; boys and girls stood, clustered together, on opposite sides of a vacant dance floor. I loved to dance, and at the age of 12, this…
On 12/21, FemInEM hosted a Google HangOut on Air to discuss gender representation at academic conferences in emergency medicine. This discussion was initiated after an EM FOAMite pointed out on twitter that no women were slated to speak at the 2016…
It is important that I make two disclaimers. Disclaimer 1: I am a human being. I feel we run the risk of idolizing people through social media and I want to come out and say that I am really no…
I am an academic EM physician with a niche interest in simulation. Recently there was a request for collaboration on the Emergency Medicine section of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare listserv that caught my eye. Colleagues: Do you have…
How do we find balance in our profession? I turn to Disney’s summer blockbuster, Inside Out. Rather than pitting mother against daughter or displaying the perfectly balanced, beautiful (and always happy princess), Disney teaches some valuable lessons to both kids and…
Global Health (GH) electives are becoming more prevalent in undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate medical education. A 2002 survey reported 86% of Emergency Medicine (EM) residents voiced interest in participating in a GH rotation. Recent surveys reveal that 70-91% of EM…
Sometimes I think I grew up in a “post gender” world. Having never felt like I was handicapped for being a woman, I saw the struggles of feminism as an historical lesson. Growing up in the 80s and 90s, the…
By FemInEMs, for FemInEMs
Dara Kass 
Aparna Iyer, MD 
Amber L. Beckenhauer, DO 
Wendy Woolley, DO 
Ashley Voss-Liebig 
Adria Simon 
Nadim Lalani, MD 
Jessie Nelson, MD 
Stacey Poznanski 
Gabrielle Jacquet 
Andrea Patineau 
Brown University 
