You’re a doctor and you’re sick. Make your health a priority.

Education
February 1, 2016

Last week I, like many around me, came down with a horrible cold. My husband got sick the week before and was in bed all weekend sleeping and trying to recover, and lo and behold, come Monday, I started having the same symptoms.

I knew the approximate course of the cold since I’m a doctor, and I saw my husband go through it, but I thought I could be strong and push through. I continued …

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You’re a doctor and you’re sick. Make your health a priority.

The problem with VIPs in the hospital

Physician
November 15, 2015

Recently, one of my best friends from medical school, Dr. Shoa Clarke published an op-ed in the New York Times titled, “How Hospitals Coddle the Rich.” In the article he describes how many hospitals throughout the country offer VIP services to the wealthy and how that may be detrimental to other patients not offered the same courtesy but also the VIP patients themselves. It’s a thought-provoking article that makes …

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The problem with VIPs in the hospital

The problem with resident training hours: The numbers don’t add up

Education
August 9, 2015

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Being an intern and resident in today’s day and age of medicine is proving to be more difficult than ever. I’ve written about resident work hours before, but now that I have finished intern year, I have a lot more to say regarding this issue.  I recently reread Dr. Pauline Chen’s article “The Impossible Workload for Doctors in Training,” …

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The problem with resident training hours: The numbers don’t add up