by Nina Lum | Aug 15, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
In my chapter of The Chronicles of Women in White Coats, I touched on how the fear of becoming a statistic that supports the idea of the “July Effect” affected my ability to care for myself. For you who are starting out, you can learn from my experience and that of...
by Kharia Holmes | Jul 29, 2019 | Opinion
I’m fat. It’s fact. I’ve been fat for most of my life. There really is not a time that I don’t remember being fat. I was always heavier than girls in my classes in school. No matter how active I was I was always bigger. As I got older my eating...
by Natasha Sriraman | Jul 2, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
July 1st is here!! As an Academic General Pediatrician, I can’t believe that I will be meeting and working with new Pediatric interns this coming week! While it was bittersweet to say good-bye to our 3rd year residents moving onto fellowship or new jobs, I always look...
by Karl Ben | Jun 26, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
“We refuse to be what you wanted us to be; We are what we are; That’s the way (way) it’s going to be.” –Bob Marley and the Wailers The Trials of Mia Aretha (as Witnessed by Karl) For real though. Ordinarily I don’t vent in public. In fact, I am...
by Kharia J. Holmes, MD | Jun 3, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
“Some reports have come in that you are unapproachable” “Excuse me” I said stone faced while my mind began racing and searching memory banks and files for any instance where I could have been accused of being rude, unapproachable, or unprofessional. No...
by Natasha Sriraman | Mar 30, 2019 | Feature, Opinion
Phy·si·cian /fəˈziSHən noun: a person qualified to practice medicine. a person who cures moral or spiritual ills; a healer. This week is National Physicians’ Week, with March 30th being designated as a day to recognize and celebrate us as a profession. However,...
