It was amazing to be in the space with hundreds to over one thousand women physicians from around the globe at the AMWA/MWIA 100 conference. It more than warmed my heart. I was home. In my over...

Hitting a roadblock in your life and career? Don’t get frustrated. Use the resources that are readily available to you. Not sure what they are? Think about it. You have had access to them all the...

This time of year I like to walk down memory lane.  I remember my first rotation in the Neonatal ICU. I was up all night doing heel sticks on preterm neonates, only to have to repeat them when the...

After years of being busy taking care of critically ill and recovering neonates in the Neonatal ICU, then coming home to take care of my children, I’m making new decisions. One of them is to learn...

As July draws near, it is moving day in medicine. For physicians it signifies moving into the next level of professional growth. Let’s think about what moving really entails.  When we move from one...

Over the past weeks I’ve noticed that my elbow hurts. At first it was intermittent. Then it seemed to hurt more often. I even had to find a different position to sleep so as to not lie on it. Why am...

Doctors are life long learners. The feedback to read more is often heard by medical students and residents in their quest to acquire the knowledge to understand health and disease processes and...

A doctor’s life is a life of service to others. In today’s medical arena that service goes beyond patient care. As early as residency training, doctors have to learn how to navigate their workflow...

The seeds of emotional turmoil inherent in medical education are planted early in the pursuit of becoming a doctor. It is the unspoken fear that medical students and residents experience each day on...

I sat across the table from my physician client and listened to her story. She asks, “How can it be that after 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency training in my chosen field I feel...