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Theresa Hsaio, DO Room 6 Has a Name
It was a typical Friday night, the trauma bay was full, patients lined up in hallway beds 1-6, and we were 50 deep in the waiting room. Within the hour of starting my shift, I had a chest pain in…
Andrea Ferrari, MD Running Hurdles With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In 1993, when Ruth Bader Ginsburg was appointed the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, I was nine years old and growing up in a house and a community that made this seem the norm. I now recognize…
Christine Ngaruiya, MD, MSc, DTM&H Does Makeup Matter?
Every day, millions of women across the United States (U.S.) find themselves in predicaments confronting the quality of their appearance. And their makeup. While this may seem a non-issue in the Emergency Medicine world, it is something that you, as a female…
Megan Stobart-Gallagher, DO They call me #badassdoctormom
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…
Mari Siegel What I learned from Pantsuit Nation
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…
Melody Glenn, MD Election Day
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…
Wendy Woolley, DO Words With Wendy – Notes from the FemInEM Bookstore
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…
FemInEM Sponsoring Gossip
There was no coffee. That’s always a worry for me. Coffee is a good thing, a shared experience and a symbol of friendship and understanding. Perhaps it’s the most important sign of how any unplanned meeting is going to go…
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