As a new physician, Viveta Lobo, MD of Stanford University Department of Emergency Medicine had one mantra: Keep it short. Dispo fast. It was not until she was struggling to cope with the in-home illness and death of her father…
Dr. Jennifer Brokaw finished her residency in EM in 1993 at University of NM. She was an NIH Clinical Research Scholar studying the health effects of domestic violence on women and on faculty at UNM for 2 years and then…
Before entering the health professions, we were patients. We have all been a patient first. And as a medical student in my preclinical training, the memories of being the vulnerable party are more salient than the knowledge conveyed by my…
Trigger Warning: Tissues might be needed. When we found out we were pregnant we were ecstatic. Our first attempt had not worked out so well, as many do, and my wife had a miscarriage. “Don’t worry, you can try again….
“Ugh, another ‘vag’ bleeder in room 10, I guess that’s mine.” His preceding exasperated sigh was not subtle. As a medical student on my emergency medicine rotation, I watched the tired resident slowly will himself out of the chair and…
Janelle Bludorn, PA-C is an emergency medicine physician assistant, serves on the Board of Directors for SEMPA (Society of Emergency Medicine PAs) and is a faculty member at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. In her FIX18 talk,…
Dr. Jennifer Clara Tang is an emergency physician from Hamilton, ON, Canada. She is an Assistant Clinical professor at McMaster University and completed her Royal College emergency medicine training at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON. She has a Masters in Health…
I’m here to tell you my story. Disclaimer: I’m an Emergency Physician. My story starts in the Emergency Department. In honor of patient confidentiality, this part of my story is fictional. Though this particular story never happened, though this particular…
Sue Coppa 
Viveta Lobo, MD 
Jennifer Brokaw, MD 
Shana Zucker 
Andrew Tagg 
Kelly Quinley, MD 
Jennifer Beck-Esmay, MD 
Shannon McNamara, MD