The story of how I found my career starts with my mother and her career. I am the daughter of an OBGYN mother. And not just any OBGYN. My mom is a solo practitioner and delivers over 650 babies annually. That’s 1.78 babies delivered per day. As far back as I can...
When I first thought about creating the book “The Chronicles of Women in White Coats.” I thought it was just an idea. I had no clue who would buy into my dream of telling the real story of real women in medicine. I hesitated when I posted the invitation...
So, I am not going to lie, I couldn’t wait for 2018 to be over. It had been a rough one — full of extreme highs and valleys so low, that I often thought I could not nor would not be able to climb my way back out. While last year made me a published best-selling...
As the New Year is upon us many of us women doctors are gathering our thoughts and writing resolutions for 2019. I hope one of your goals will include making your own health, fitness and wellness a priority if you haven’t already done so. Outside of being a practicing...
Sometimes you have the best conversations by chance and at the most unexpected time and place. You know, those conversations where someone says something to you and you feel as if it was God speaking to you through someone else. Recently I had one such conversation in...
When I first decided to go to Israel, I have to admit that I knew it would be a trip of a lifetime. As a daughter of a Baptist minister and as a Christian myself, I learned about the many stories of Jesus Christ throughout my upbringing. Even with all this background...
I often get emails from young bloggers, medical students and doctors who are just starting out. They ask me for advice on how I developed my website and brand and for any tips I may have to help them grow their followings and stand out in a sea of a million blogs....
When you work in an emergency department and arrive at work, you never know what you will be walking into. I have had days where I walk in the department, set my bag down, put on my white coat, wrap my stethoscope around my neck and no sooner do I hear the radio going...
Along the wearing scrubs…next comes the white coat; a staple in the cupboard of most physicians. In Pediatrics, sometimes we don’t wear white coats, in order to avoid scaring our little visitors. I thought all white coats looked the same, until recently when...
Once upon a time, I went to counseling, for a year. The reason was that I had lost my empathy somewhere along the way in medical training. It was my husband who suggested I get help, because the numbness could no longer be turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ for my work and I...