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Susan Hart Gaines is an executive coach.

Physicians are masterful at hiding. It’s part of the training.

Susan Hart Gaines
Conditions
December 28, 2022

Dr. Dominic Corrigan appeared to have it all.

He’d wanted to be a doctor since he was young.

So he worked hard, got into med school, took out a loan and did what it took to realize his dream.

“I was high functioning, upwardly mobile, respected specialist leading a department, doing international research, sitting on charity boards and the PTA,” says Corrigan — a pseudonym for the founder of an international doctors-for-doctors support …

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Physicians are masterful at hiding. It’s part of the training.

The mistress of medicine

Susan Hart Gaines
Physician
December 14, 2022

When I married my husband, I had no idea there would be a mistress one day.

When I met the man who would become my husband, he was not yet a doctor. He was 22, a black belt, a waiter in a fancy restaurant, and very handsome. He knew all kinds of things about champagne and paté, cocktails, and sushi.

We met in our college martial arts club. I was 19 and …

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The mistress of medicine

What happens when you can’t fix it? Tales from the home front.

Susan Hart Gaines
Physician
February 19, 2022

The details have been changed, but the story is true. A physician I know goes to work each day by 7:30 a.m. He is a confident, competent leader in every way within his clinic. But each night, he goes home to a spouse who is losing steam in every way. Diagnosed with a chronic condition, she is growing increasingly weak and dependent. He asks her how she is, and she …

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What happens when you can’t fix it? Tales from the home front.

The difficulty in coming home: What doctors and soldiers have in common

Susan Hart Gaines
Physician
January 11, 2022

When I was married to a physician, dinner was often delayed. When he finally came home, I was hungry if I hadn’t already eaten with the kids. Our dog would greet him with her whole body of yearning and relief, tail wagging furiously, whining, smiling, crying. She was the embodiment of what I felt but could not express. So I watched with jealousy as our dog received from my husband …

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The difficulty in coming home: What doctors and soldiers have in common

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