‘Write a novel’ sat on my annual bucket list for over 10 years. I sat down many times to start, however nothing ever came of it. I knew from somewhere deep inside that medicine was not creative enough for me. I truly realized this one day, several years...
As a family doctor, I prescribe opioids judiciously. My training taught me to be careful with each and every pill I prescribe, as each script could add another victim to the opioid crisis at the forefront of our country’s current health agenda. However, despite those...
Recently, I had my first experience serving as the supervising attending at The Sharewood Project, a free clinic that serves mostly immigrant families and those that have no insurance. In addition to medical students, we have dental residents, dermatology residents,...
Recently a male internal medicine physician was quoted in the Dallas Medical Journal stating that the gender wage disparity in medicine is “fair” and that it exists because “female physicians do not work as hard and do not see as many patients.” This created an...
#WomenInMedicineMonth This was me in 1998 at my Medical School graduation day in New York City. I had just gotten married a month prior. Wow, not only do I look really young but I had no idea what my journey would entail as I would start Pediatric internship in just a...