Ep #44: Amplifying an Authentic Message with Dr. Carla Lamb
In this episode, we interview 2021 Women in White Coats Hero Nominee, Dr. Carla Lamb. She is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and is the Director of Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and the...
Ep #43: The Power of Mentorship with Dr. Olutayo Sogunro
Listen in as Women in White Coats Writers Fellow Dr. Marion McCrary sits down to talk with Dr. Olutayo Sogunro, a 2021 Women in White Coats Hero Nominee. She is an Acute Care and Trauma Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery in Connecticut. Her strong belief that...
Ep #42 How are Women Doctors Portraying the Lifestyle
In this episode Dr. Amber Robins discusses an opinion piece published on our blog called "Women Docs, Stop Glamorizing the Lifestyle" with the writer. They have a candid discussion about the messages being sent to young women and girls out there who are considering...
Beyond Dr. Blackwell: A History and Physical
CC: Female physician wearing scrubs, #wearfigs History of Presenting Illness (HPI): Figs is a scrubs company owned by females The company released an ad for their scrubs x 1 day The ad portrayed a female physician as (in no particular order):...
Know Your Breastfeeding Rights
Have you ever had your rights violated as a breastfeeding woman? Have you ever been told that you cannot breastfeed your baby or cannot pump when you needed to? A recent news story about a breastfeeding mom in California described her experience in online higher...
Reflections on Confidence: How to be a Rockstar in 2021
At the end of 2016, I found myself on a crisp overcast day staring across the Seine at the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding park. I was stretching and about to hit start on my watch for a twelve-mile training run. The day before, I had traveled alone over the...
Black Women in Medicine – Why Do We Need Them?
On February 3rd, we celebrated National Women Physicians Day. This day was chosen to honor the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell – the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States. February is also Black History Month. As young children, we learn so...
From 9/11 to the Capitol Riots
In the fall of 2001, I was a medical student doing an Internal Medicine clerkship in Brooklyn, New York City. Every morning we attended “morning report” from 8-9 am in a basement conference room. Morning report is an hour-long conference during which cases from...
Be the Change We So Desperately Need
I live just 20 minutes away from where it happened. Living in the area surrounding Washington, DC, I have seen various protests that grace our nation’s capital occurring daily. These vibrant and often encouraging voices of change have been the reasons for many street...
M.D. Plus an Additional Degree?
As I wrote in my chapter “My Journey to Becoming a Teen Doc“ in The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 book, I have wanted to be a doctor since I was ten years old. During my adolescent medicine fellowship, I enjoyed working with my patients one on one but I always...
Want Three More Weeks Off a Year?
Me: “Want three more weeks off each year?” You: “Of course, I do! What do I have to do to get it?” You might think you will have to negotiate your contract. Or you might need to beg. Nope, it is easy. You just chart like a guy! In the February 2021 JAMA Internal...
Making Babies with Love and Science
Most people haven’t given infertility a second thought, let alone the profession of embryology, until they are unfortunately faced with the need for infertility care. An embryologist is a fertility specialist that helps to create embryos to either be used in IVF right...
Happy Mardi Gras…But It Won’t Be the Same This Year
“If more people get COVID, will Mardi Gras be cancelled?????”, the exasperated tone evident in the punctuation chosen by a mother, asking how to answer that question for her children, as they prepare for the unknowns of the upcoming holiday season. As a...
The Three Key Steps in Taking Care of Your Heart During a Pandemic
Every February, we raise awareness for heart disease in celebration of American Heart Month. Although our attention this year is focused on COVID-19, we must not forget the effect that heart disease has on the lives of so many Americans. According to the CDC, a...
The Holiday Balancing Act As A Physician Mom
We have all been looking forward to some joy in the last few months. With the raging pandemic, contentious election, and recurring evidence of racism all over the news, we are ready for a bit of sparkle now. We hope the holiday season will be just what we need to...
Moving Beyond The U.S. Capitol Riots
Moving Beyond The U.S. Capitol Riots January 6, 2021. This day will definitely go down in history. I remember sitting downstairs in front of the building that houses my Pediatric clinic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been performing visits for our sick...
A First: A Second Gentleman
Congratulations, ladies, we will have a Second Gentleman! Now you may ask why I am celebrating this? We will soon be witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. This inauguration is going to be historic and groundbreaking...
CoFounders Corner: The 21st Century is the Century of Women
Dear Readers, This week I had the opportunity to sit down and interview an 85 year old woman, the wife of the late surgical oncologist Dr. LeRoy Groshong, MD. You likely know his medical invention the Groshong catheter (a tunneled catheter used for oncology...
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