In the fall of 2001, I was a medical student doing an Internal Medicine clerkship in Brooklyn, New York City. Every morning we attended “morning report” from 8-9 am in a basement conference room. Morning report is an hour-long conference during which cases from...
Knowing your worth and negotiating for it is so important as a doctor not only so that you make what you deserve, but also so that you feel like a valued member of your group or practice. In this episode, our Cofounder Dr. Archana Shrestha talks with Dr. Linda Street,...
Have you ever had your rights violated as a breastfeeding woman? Have you ever been told that you cannot breastfeed your baby or cannot pump when you needed to? A recent news story about a breastfeeding mom in California described her experience in online higher...
Congratulations, ladies, we will have a Second Gentleman! Now you may ask why I am celebrating this? We will soon be witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. This inauguration is going to be historic and groundbreaking...
Dear Readers, This week I had the opportunity to sit down and interview an 85 year old woman, the wife of the late surgical oncologist Dr. LeRoy Groshong, MD. You likely know his medical invention the Groshong catheter (a tunneled catheter used for oncology...
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Marion McCrary to discuss her recent Women in White Coats article “Reflections on Confidence: How to Be a Rockstar in 2021.” Marion McCrary MD FACP is a practicing primary care general internist and certified...
What is it with a woman or person of color with an advanced degree that makes some men see red? A writer from the Wall Street Journal penned an Op-Ed about First Lady-elect Dr. Jill Biden and how she should drop the doctor title from her name. My initial reaction was...
I live just 20 minutes away from where it happened. Living in the area surrounding Washington, DC, I have seen various protests that grace our nation’s capital occurring daily. These vibrant and often encouraging voices of change have been the reasons for many street...
This week we speak with Dr. Shikha Jain, a 2021 Women in White Coats Hero nominee about gender inequity in medicine and her recent TedX talk on the Gender Moonshot. Dr. Shikha Jain is a hematology and oncology physician and Founder and Chair of the Women in Medicine...
How do you maintain balance in your professional life? That is the million-dollar question. The most important thing to understand and accept is that balance does not mean everything is always being handled equally at any one time. This acceptance was eye-opening for...