Another academic year comes to a close this weekend. Tomorrow a fresh fleet of interns across the country will be starting their first days ...

In the last couple of weeks, my son has been learning to identify colors. Mama and Dada are bursting with pride that he's so verbal and...

I am now several months into intern year. The first few weeks... months... of intern year almost seemed like a daze. Wake up. Work. Ea...

As I hang up my short white coat after my last clinical rotation of medical school, after the celebrations of commencement week subside ...

I wondered during undergrad if I could do medicine and "have a life". I didn't have a lot of first-hand contact with physicia...

I didn’t want to do it again, but here I go retaking my Pediatric Boards. I can list all of the reasons why I was unsuccessful at my first a...

MS2 Terrible Twos here. New to MiM, so here is a quick introduction. I am mom to a sweet nineteen month old boy who is into everything and l...

* DISCLAIMER: I meant to post this back in June as I finished residency but it got put aside as I filled out my umpteenth credentialing app...

I woke up to the sounds of the birds chirping and then “Mommy!” as my almost 4-year old tried to start his day at 6:45am. Quick detour for a...

“Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search o...

My name is Megan. I have 2 children. My son is 2 1/2 and my daughter is 7 weeks old. I am only 20 years old. When I was younger my dream w...

Hi everyone, I've been reading this blog looking for pearls of advice and wisdom ever since I was accepted to medical school just ove...

I volunteered recently at a meeting for Latino high school, college, and medical students as a member of my hospital’s Residency Diversity I...

Please bear with me through the beginning of this post, but I feel the background is pertinent.  I'm not exactly sure where to start....

Being on a medical school faculty, I have just listened to a slew of speeches welcoming the new students. Everyone from older students to ...

Stranger: "Little girl, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Me: "A doctor." [Looks to mother for approval] Mot...