When we moved to our medium-sized Canadian town for my residency in 2010, there was one tree on our rented property. It stood directly in th...

On January 28, 2014, Dr. Dwight Gustafson passed away in Greenville, SC. He was the subject of a MiM post several years ago by neurosurge...

Genmedmom here. I did a bad, bad thing this weekend. Both of my kids, Babyboy age 3.5 and Babygirl age 2, have had upper respiratory booge...

The job is going well. Very well , actually. I’ve been in the clinic for over a month, gradually building my own panel of patients and see...

I am a hospitalist with a 3 year old child and a child on the way and I am burnt out after only four years out of residency.   The pros...

Dear MiM, I am a third year radiology resident and desire to have another child.  I currently have two boys, ages 4 and 2.   My job requi...

It was a rare perfect morning. After a rough week, I was actually getting to enjoy my day off. Sipping hot, freshly ground coffee ou...

Hi MIM,   I’m in a little bit of a predicament, hoping you can help me with. I’m a college junior, hoping to apply to medical school s...

It seems to me, in reading these posts, that mothers in medicine seem to fall into two main groups. First, those that are fully committed to...

Dear MiM, I am an OB/GYN in East Texas and mother of 2 boys 9y/o and 3months.  I recently discovered your blog and am delighted to find a pl...

Better late than never.  Here is my post from topic week on how medicine has changed me... I've been trying to think of what to write ...

Dear Mothers in Medicine, I've been an avid follower since the beginning of medical school, and am amazed by the amount of wisdom and ad...

I will preface this blog by saying that I feel very lucky to work at the academic medical centre where I landed right after residency.  I lo...

After doing daycare/preschool exclusively for a time (when we only had my daughter), a live-out nanny, and a live-in nanny at various times,...

Dear MiM,   I have been following this blog since before starting medical school.  It's been so great to be able to draw from your e...