Hi, yes, I have a two lovely children, a 17 year old daughter and a 12-15 year old son. As a mother in medicine, emphasis here on in med...

And then she said, “Wait what?”     As a mother in medicine, are you engaging in mindfulness, or are you a multi-tasker?   Perhaps tha...

Finding the balance.  Taking a deep breath. Changes abound at work these days. Just when I was looking to lean out, the circumstances are ...

Wasn't going to make her go, but was thinking it might be the experience of a lifetime.  I wasn't sure how safe it would be, but I d...

Late last night past whatever passes for bedtime in the summer, tween daughter showed me the abrasion on her knee sustained while swimming e...

The greats we learn about.  Often men.  Many of us have heard and read the stories of the "Fathers" of modern medicine. But let...

1. Thank you for asking me questions, listening to my answers, discussing options together. And for answering the many questions I ask of...

You're drawing on the literature, you're weighing the risks and benefits of various protocols of parenting, and you're conductin...

SCENE:  just past bedtime;  kids in our bedroom Husband [pediatric researcher]: "Time for bed." Daughter: no movement, k...

I was in the office speaking with a parent and her kids at some point in the past year (how's that for sufficiently anonymized).  The mo...

Our health centers are “medical homes” now, so I have to come to accept (but not necessarily embrace) my allotted turn or assignment to work...

Went to the pediatrician with my daughter for routine primary care visit.  I thought she (the pediatrician) did such a good job with my daug...

As a pediatrician who is constantly answering children’s questions --my own ( staving off bedtime ) and my patients who ask everything-- I l...

As a physician, I remember countless patient's details and stories, and as a medical educator I remember student's sagas, issues, ...

I am in medicine, where I must get out of bed and leave home on a “snow day” after arranging care for my own kids, to de-ice my car, commute...

When asked this recently, I fumbled.   Actually, I tossed back the answer, asking the asker to mentor me through getting such a plan.   It w...

Since you asked...  If it weren’t for her dose of chemotherapy q 3 weeks and some iatrogenic wbc-boosting induced bone pain, it’d be fine. ...

Setting:   tree pollen infested suburb of our nation's capital, springtime Characters: son's friend (unaffected)  son (with puff...

My mother, not in medicine, and this mother in medicine, went to have a biopsy.   Her biopsy.   By a surgeon.   I am not a surgeon.   No...

Just got to thinking, is there a fathers in medicine group blog?   Fathers in medicine who are reflecting on their careers, their ch...