Alen Voskanian, MD

Alen Voskanian is a palliative care physician.

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Physician voices

Discover the secrets to regaining joy in medicine

Alen Voskanian, MD

December 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023

An excerpt from Reclaiming the Joy of Medicine: Finding Purpose, Fulfillment, and Happiness in Today's Medical Industry. "You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody." - Maya Angelou When I was experiencing burnout, I felt something was…

An excerpt from Reclaiming the Joy of Medicine: Finding Purpose, Fulfillment, and Happiness in Today’s Medical Industry.

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
– Maya Angelou

When I was experiencing burnout, I felt something was wrong with me. I kept questioning myself.

Why couldn’t I fulfill all the demands imposed on me?

Why couldn’t I see more patients faster?

Why couldn’t I handle hundreds of emails and messages every day?

Why …

Conditions and diseases

A physician in denial after being diagnosed with COVID-19

Alen Voskanian, MD

December 11, 2022Dec 11, 2022

Over the last three years, we have faced the original COVID-19, followed by Omicron, Delta, and monkeypox. It is apropos that on the third anniversary of COVID-19, we are facing the tripledemic of COVID, influenza, and RSV. After almost three…

Over the last three years, we have faced the original COVID-19, followed by Omicron, Delta, and monkeypox.

It is apropos that on the third anniversary of COVID-19, we are facing the tripledemic of COVID, influenza, and RSV.

After almost three years of not getting COVID-19, I started believing that my childhood fantasies about me being superman were true and that my immune system was superpowered with bullet-proof antibodies that would keep me …