An open letter from our Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Anupuma Verma, to FIGS. Last week we in the medical field were all shaken up by some ads run by FIGS, a company that sells expensive scrubs and medical apparel. They depicted a young female physician in bright pink scrubs...
I never could have dreamed that I would be getting married during a pandemic. As a little girl, that was not on my must have list. I didn’t think that I would ever wear a mask with my wedding dress. Yet here we are. In 2020, it’s my reality. My future husband...
My Real Estate Investment Journey The end of 2019 felt like a time for great economic opportunity. I had gotten my real estate license and joined a brokerage all while practicing full time as an invasive cardiologist. My optimism was high for what the world of real...
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...
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...
Which Comes First: Family or Career? What if I say you don’t have to choose? If you have a family and a career, you know there is no “first”. Both are important and both will race for attention, often with one winning out one minute, the next winning out the...
