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Racism is a public health concern. Everyone in healthcare needs to take it personally
The killing of George Floyd and other Black people in the U.S. breaks my heart, just like it does yours. I stand with those calling for compassion, reason, and equality across the country. As a doctor, I was taught to protect ALL life. Those young and old, Black and...
What if Mommy is Not OK?
Let’s be honest – the pressures of being a wife and mom can sometimes be tough to handle. OK, maybe not sometimes – ALL the time! You’re responsible for so much. Cooking, cleaning, chauffeuring, managing schedules, taking care of your sick kids (and husband!). You...
Editor’s Corner: You Are Not Alone
A letter to readers from our Co-Editor-In-Chief Dr. Archana Shrestha: Dear Readers, Why am I so passionate about uplifting, empowering and advocating for women doctors? It's not just because of my own personal struggles and challenges throughout medicine. It's...
We Have Always Been Heroes
Was everyone in med school as young, innocent, and wildly stupid as we were? The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine required superlatives: most, best, fastest... dumbest? Before each test, my friend Frank and I would scroll through our mental Rolodexes of...
The Power of Walking with a Doctor
I have given myself the freedom to think big and dream the impossible. Despite my busy schedules as a neurologist, I have always gravitated towards some form of community service, whenever time permitted. This truly makes me...
Future Casting and Managing Anxiety During COVID
"Both optimism and anxiety require us to imagine something that hasn't happened yet. If we have the ability to worry about the future, it also means we have the ability to imagine a better one." Jess Ekstrom, Chasing the Bright Side For the first time in my life, I...
Reflections from the Women in White Coats Virtual Conference
Whoa!!!! I can't believe that we are now on the other side of the Women in White Coats Virtual Conference. We put in so much to make it a success and it was literally beyond anything we could have dreamed of!It was absolutely AMAZING!!!! And you know why? Because we...
Career Move: Your Family Will Thank You Later
One evening after a exhausting clinic day, I was again the last parent to pick up my two boys from daycare. My husband was working late, so I was on my own. We drove home and I fed and bathed my littles entirely on autopilot. They splashed like Shamu in their bubble...
Preparing the Next Generation through COVID19
I’m a retired veteran and medical epidemiologist from the CDC and a board-certified OB/GYN who loves working in underserved hospitals and FQHCs, and even I never thought it would get to this. The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has taken us by storm and caught us...
Editor’s Corner: What Women Doctors are Saying About the Pandemic
Letter to readers from our Editor-In-Chief, Dr. Amber Robins. Sis, how are you? Over the past few weeks our worlds have literally been turned upside down. I personally have never imagined that we would be in such a state as this. In our country we continue to...
