I’m nesting. No, I’m not pregnant, and I’m not sure when it started exactly, but with the start of residency looming and more free time ...

I've recently been meditating on personal and professional development and in a lot of ways, maintenance. Part of it aligns with recentl...

Genmedmom here. I simply to call attention to a wonderful article on STAT written by a kick-ass healthcare administrator/ CEO and mother of...

Living in DC and taking the metro regularly provides me with ample fodder for social analysis and ample opportunities to be upset and amaz...

I don’t have a television but your story flashes across my Facebook feed, my friends tell me about you, my husband the Anthropologist tells...

Foremothers? Maybe it's not even a word. I was trying to find a term like forefathers. I often think about the women who have come bef...

I have been following the response to Sir Tim Hunt’s incredibly sexist comments on women in science and thinking about how it relates to a...

I generally LOVE my job. I work part time as an anesthesiologist at an academic medical center in the Midwest. There are several other par...

Genmedmom here. This was going to be a sweet little post about a teaching experience from my clinic yesterday. A patient presented with a cl...

I have read countless articles about how medical trainees have been berated and belittled, yelled at or pushed. I have never in my years of ...

Genmedmom here. Our department is considering a policy that would require female chaperones to monitor every pelvic exam. This would inclu...

In March, the Annals of Internal Medicine published a study by Jolly and colleagues   demonstrating that women in academic medicine -- thos...

Lately every night I'm on call I seem to be the magnet for pregnant patients - trauma, acute abdomens, appys, choleys - you name it.  Du...

From the moment I was accepted to medical school, I began to get unsolicited advice about which specialty I should choose. The most common ...

Mamapop had a great discussion Thursday about feminism, and how it applies to politics, specifically Sarah Palin . Feminist is not one...

My intent was not to make such a serious posting, but I did not succeed. After 8 years of surgical residency and fellowship, I am happy to...

Several decades ago I began medical school as one of five women in my class. Medical school was followed by internship/residency at a tough...

Pathmom has been off the air for many weeks, primarily due to the addition of a full time med student last month. I have a healthy amount of...

I graduated from medical school in the 1970s. My daughter started medical school two weeks ago. Many things I thought were crazy in the ...

The vast majority of our TV viewings these days are dedicated to the Disney Princess Sing-along videos. The songs in these videos feature on...