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...
As a woman who wears many hats, wife, mom, daughter, friend, business owner, volunteer, and writer, to name a few, I am constantly asked to do many tasks. With each request, I have to assess how the new proposal will impact the others. I have to determine what is...
Would you like to have three extra weeks off a year? In this episode Dr. Marion McCrary shares how changing the way you chart might just be able to help you do that. Dr. Marion McCrary is a practicing primary care internist in North Carolina. She works with both...
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...
Indeed, 2020 was a time of reflection for us all. A reflection on society, on the state of the world’s affairs, on ourselves and our own lives. I don’t know about you, but I have been gobsmacked at the amount of “excess,” in general, with which we are...
Have you been wanting to write a book or do some medical media work? Listen in to a recording from our Women in White Coats Virtual Summit where we sit down with our CoFounder Dr. Amber Robins to talk about just that. Are you a physician who is dissatisfied in...
Since I was a little girl, I have always volunteered to get the mail from the mailbox. I never saw this as a chore. It is all about the surprise. I loved the possibility of what might be there – a magazine full of fun ideas and places to visit, an unexpected...
As I wrote in my chapter “My Journey to Becoming a Teen Doc“ in The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 book, I have wanted to be a doctor since I was ten years old. During my adolescent medicine fellowship, I enjoyed working with my patients one on one but I always...
Me: “Want three more weeks off each year?” You: “Of course, I do! What do I have to do to get it?” You might think you will have to negotiate your contract. Or you might need to beg. Nope, it is easy. You just chart like a guy! In the February 2021 JAMA Internal...
In this episode, we interview 2021 Women in White Coats Hero Nominee, Dr. Carla Lamb. She is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and is the Director of Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and the...
