Wouldn’t it be nice if life was organized and managed by the clothes we wore. In the office or hospital, I put on my white doctor coat and therefore become Dr. Weisman. I changed to my yoga pants and comfy LLR tee and now, BOOM, I’m Mommy. If only these...
Unexpected patient outcomes and malpractice litigation hit people in white coats hard, commonly altering the course of their lives. I am deeply committed to coaching, speaking and writing regularly regarding these events, thanks to personal experience as well as that...
The “in-between” has never something I’ve embraced. It has been nearly a year since I last treated a patient, and I find myself still in a state of being “in-between”. At the risk of sounding reductive about the complex interpersonal dynamics within the practice where...
It amazes me how my ‘work fashion’ sense has changed between medical school, residency, fellowship, my job as an attending physician, and the overall work environment. Believe me, it has even varied between me working on the east coast and in the midwest. Recently, I...
There are many questions about the field of Integrative Medicine and what it is like to practice in this field. Dr. Leslie Smith knows first hand about the field. She has an interesting story of how integrative medicine actually found her. Now, as the Director of...