Christine DeSanno, DO
Physicians
My shift started at 7 a.m. The overnight physician wishes me a good shift. We both know that's mostly luck. I pick up my first patient before I've taken a sip of coffee. My first few patients are what we…
My shift started at 7 a.m. The overnight physician wishes me a good shift. We both know that’s mostly luck. I pick up my first patient before I’ve taken a sip of coffee.
My first few patients are what we affectionately call “bread and butter.” An ankle injury. A cough that’s lingered for two days. Back pain. A medication refill. Someone wants an MRI today because they’ve had headaches for three …
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What one emergency room shift really costs a doctor
Physicians
We had been trying, but the moment you see the word on the test strip, reality hits differently. My career was on an upward trajectory—I had just been offered a major promotion. And all I could think was: Why now?…
We had been trying, but the moment you see the word on the test strip, reality hits differently. My career was on an upward trajectory—I had just been offered a major promotion. And all I could think was: Why now?
When I told my husband how nervous I felt, he assumed it was about my body changing, or how our family of two would soon become three. He was wrong—and visibly …
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The silent challenges of female leadership in medicine
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