As a physician, I’m accustomed to both giving care and maneuvering within a complicated healthcare system. Despite my background, I was not adequately prepared to assume care of my parents. Healthcare is a topic currently at the forefront of the…
As a later in life mother of 2 young children, the experiences of physicians bearing children is of great personal significance to me. More specifically, over the past few years I have been wondering about the data on women physicians…
Mary Rose Calderone Haas. Seven syllables, 21 letters. It never fits all the way on a plane ticket. Situations that require me to pick three initials still cause me anxiety given my two middle names, so count me out of…
Classically young parents, predominantly mothers, are taught “Don’t talk about your children at work”. If talking about them is bad, imagine what it would be like if you actually brought them to the office. However, for me, the advice to…
5am on a Friday morning, during a lull in my overnight shift, I got a text from my friend Julie*. “Steve had a massive heart attack.” Me back: “OMG, what happened.” Julie: “Not sure, he called my mom, he thought…
I remember the moment very clearly. We had already had one miscarriage and I was so nervous and excited but trying not to get too hopeful. It was positive. Now what? I wanted to be chief. I suddenly had an overwhelming…
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…
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…
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