Dr. Sanson shares a reflection on her experience speaking with Dr. Pensa at FIX18. This past October, I had the privilege of speaking alongside Dr. Gita Pensa at FemInEM’s FIX18 conference. Dr. Pensa unflinchingly shared her ordeal of living within…
The Medscape National Physician Burnout and Depression Report is out, and the news is not happy. Forty-two percent of (physician) respondents reported burnout, and 15 percent acknowledged feeling depressed. According to the study, emergency physicians have some of the highest…
January in the hospital is difficult for most. The days are short, the weather is cold, and resources are stretched thin as the hospital fills to capacity. The hope of feeling the sun on your skin for just a moment…
I can guarantee that you would immediately recognize a STEMI patient and activated your cath lab and that you would quickly recognize and treat the classic signs of appendicitis in a patient. Would you be able to recognize the signs…
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…
Tracy Sanson, MD 
Gita Pensa, MD 
Michelle Finkel, MD 
Melissa Villars, MD, MPH 
Annahieta Kalantari, DO 
Shannon McNamara, MD