by Archana Shrestha | Oct 21, 2019 | Feature, Lifestyle
We are trained to do this in our sleep. More than ten years out from my residency graduation, I look back at my training and reflect on why exactly it was so grueling and arduous. I remember the innumerable ICU and Trauma rotations, overnight calls and night...
by Kimberly Brown | Oct 14, 2019 | Career, Feature
Why medicine? I literally believe that I was born with the thought of being a doctor. As a kid, I’d ask my grandma to tell me stories about my mom when she was a little like me. She would always tell me that my mom wanted to be a doctor, a pilot and a wife with 5...
by Claudine Courey | Oct 7, 2019 | Feature, Lifestyle
My name is Claudine Courey and I wear my white coat everyday as an optometrist from Montreal, Canada! As with many of you, I wear many other “coats” in life as a mother, spouse, daughter, friend, business owner, all while trying to keep it together! ...
by Maria Perez Johnson | Sep 30, 2019 | Career, Feature
September is Women in Medicine Month and as the month draws to an end I have been wondering what it means to be women in medicine today. Over 20 years ago, my medical school class was one of the first with a near 50% ratio of male to female students, and currently...
by Natasha Sriraman | Sep 23, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
September is Women in Medicine Month. This past week, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) highlighted 2 papers which studied the #genderdisparities amongst pediatricians. These studies found important #genderdifferences regarding BOTH income and households....
by Alexandra Pinon | Sep 16, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
Not too long ago, my daughter, you asked me what you should be when you grow up. Over the years you’ve entertained the normal litany of ideas- artist, teacher, and even a doctor like your mom. I will answer your question the same way my mother did. You can...
