My perspective on being a mother in medicine is a little different than those which have been posted earlier this week. I’ve been at this no...

What a time for a "Work-Life Balance" topic - just as I begin picking up the pieces of my life again. I thought I was doing a grea...

I've been blogging for a number of years at this point. My original blog started as a non-medical place to play with writing, but soon ...

It’s early July and newly minted interns and residents are gracing the hallowed halls of hospitals across the country. Not only do these int...

Two years? Already? I look at this number in the same way that I look at my age on my driver’s license – where did the time go? But, unlik...

I have mixed emotions about CME courses that take me away from home. Although I enjoy time in a new location and having a break from my typi...

NOTE: This is a very long question, and subsequently a long answer. I decided not to edit down the question, as all of the parts seem to be ...

QUESTION: Is there anything you wish you had done, or done differently (fellowship, 6-month trip to India, get married before rather than af...

What a week this has been! I was going to post about a really lousy day I had earlier in the week (arising at 4:30A after having been kept ...

Halloween is fast approaching - what are you going to do with the mountains of candy that the kids bring home? (I guess that if you're ...

When Eldest was born, I was still a resident. Our first attempt at day care was, in short, a disaster. Despairing at our choices in tradit...

We measure time in seconds and minutes, hours and days, weeks and months, years and decades. Sometimes seconds drag. Sometimes days and we...

The end of this month marks Mothers in Medicine's one year anniversary. In honor of this great occasion, I asked our writers to share th...

While sitting at the dinner table, someone brought up maggots (I know! – but such is life with two boys of a certain age; disgusting subject...

I debated with myself for a long while about whether I wanted to post my recollections of matching. I've realized while looking back my...

I've been fortunate to have worked with many individuals who have sheparded me through various stages from medical school to the present...

As physicians, we’re all aware of the frustrating “medical mystery.” These are the cases that initially look straight-forward, but then vee...

We're coming up to the new year, traditionally a time for resolutions to be made - in jest (I resolve to never drink so much spiked eggn...

I'm often asked to speak at support group meetings for the various conditions I see in my practice. I try to go to as many of these as I...

Things I wish I knew in medical school (and beyond): -When starting, I wish someone would have told me that the daily grind of medical schoo...