So I didn’t match…Now what? My SOAP Experience
Five years ago after having 11 interviews from August to February, I received a call from my medical school adviser on the Monday of match week telling me I didn’t match. It was the one call that turned my whole medical school life upside down. I knew that over my...
What International Women’s Day Means to Women Doctors
Aren’t all things better when they’re in balance? That is this year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD will be on March 8th, and this year marks the 118th annual celebration. Since its inception in 1911 in several European countries, IWD marks the...
I am a doctor and I have anxiety
I’ve been thinking a lot about connection recently, and how much of our sadness is related to the fact that we feel alone in our suffering. Well, in the spirit of alleviating that separateness feeling, I offer this glimpse into my own head.It was 2001, and I was in my...
Why I Quit my 30 Year Journey as a Pediatrician
My name is Uchenna Umeh, fondly called Dr. Lulu by my patients. I am a pediatrician and a mom of two teens and one young adult. I like to think of myself as a Momatrician because I have been blessed with not only my own biological children, but I have also been...
Vote for the Women in White Coats Hero of the Year
Here at Women in White Coats we know first hand all the amazing work that women in healthcare are doing. We know because we have been sharing their stories right here on our blog. Women often go unrecognized for their achievements and contributions, so we decided we...
Why Women in White Coats need a Wellness Retreat
As Co-Editor-in-Chief, of Women in White Coats, a blog dedicated to being THE VOICE of women doctors, I see one topic come up over and over again among writers and members of our tribe and that is burnout. We get submission after submission on this topic each with a...
Career Series: Q&A with a Pediatrician
Ever wondered what its like to be a pediatrician or what it takes? Dr. Natasha Sriraman, a pediatrician, shares the inside scoop in our latest Q & A. What is your field? Pediatrics, Breastfeeding Medicine, Public Health What is your title? Associate Professor of...
SheMD Rising and Fellowship Choices
It was February of the year 2007. I was an intern, a PGY-1 Internal Medicine Resident. Only a few more months as the junior most doctor doing scutwork in the hospital. I couldn’t wait for July to come around when I could wear the mantle of an experienced PGY-2. A...
Finding a Career that Fits Your Passion
The story of how I found my career starts with my mother and her career. I am the daughter of an OBGYN mother. And not just any OBGYN. My mom is a solo practitioner and delivers over 650 babies annually. That's 1.78 babies delivered per day. As far back as I can...
Physician Heal Thyself: 3 Tools Doctors Can Use to Prevent Burnout
It was a beautiful warm mid-July morning in Minnesota and I was taken by surprise by my feeling of complete and utter contentment. I was with my family bicycling around a lake on a smooth, groomed gravel path surrounded by trees, ferns and so many shades of green my...
10 Healthy Ways for Women Doctors to Decompress
It is no secret. Often women are the keepers of their home. And it can drive you CRAZY! How can we keep our sanity? We need to give ourselves a time out and decompress. Decompressing is essential for your mental health. But how can you do that when you have patients...
Ten Tips for Dr. Mom
Being a doctor is hard, being a mother is just as hard if not harder; and being both often seems impossible. Looking back at my medical career it is difficult to fathom doing both. I was an older, non-traditional student when I returned back to college to complete my...
To Become Physician Seuss
Most of you will never knowWhat doctors do to fully growIt starts even right before collegeWhere we struggle for entry holding that knowledge If we are lucky enough to get some prestigeThere is much more work before we get any expertiseThe constant pressure to study...
Why as a Woman Doctor I Always Wear my White Coat
I never enter the Emergency Department to work a shift without first putting on my white coat, hospital badge, stethoscope and my glasses. (The glasses I feel make me look more scholarly and bookish and therefore make me fit the part of doctor better.) Occasionally I...
A Love Letter to Medicine
Dear Medicine, I love you. And, I hate you. I love you because: You fascinate me! The inner workings of the body. How it functions without me even thinking about it. The anatomy. The physiology. It's all so grand! How the pieces integrate seamlessly. And, how we have...
