On January 23rd 2018, a 15-year-old student shot sixteen people at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky, killing two other 15-year-olds. Majority of the victims were between the ages of 14 and 18 years old. Thirty-two miles north from Benton, a 1997 school...
As physicians we learn how to treat disease, how to ask questions in order to obtain an accurate history, we typically deal with patients who require terminology to be in “layman’s” terms so that they may understand the complex nature of the physiology...
“There’s no heartbeat.” Three words that no one ever wants to hear. Three words that no one ever wants to deliver. Yet, as physicians, we deliver those crushing words on a daily basis. None of us would ever take the task of delivering this news lightly, but for me, it...
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...
There is much hubbub in the media currently about the gender pay gap. This phenomenon is unfortunately not new and is no less egregious today as it was at its inception. The gender pay gap is a problem that not only affects women in the United States but also across...
Everyone needs a therapist. Yes, I said it! Why? Because it’s true! Let’s face it…all of us can have our crazy moments whether you want to admit it or not. Sometimes the way that we think may be “off” due to life dealing you some hard...