I recently had the honor of being on a panel of amazing women for International Women’s Day on March 7th as part of the celebration of Women’s History Month. The panel consisted of local women leaders, including a CEO of a sustainability company, a...
The CDC defines health care disparities as “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.” The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the...
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...
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...
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...
I finally mustered the courage, took a deep breath, grabbed my bags, and walked into the hospital. I arrived 20 minutes early for my overnight shift, and sat in my car, in silence, hesitant to leave the garage. I was dreading the walk from the employee garage to the...
