5 admissions, 4 discharges, PICU transfer. That sums up my night. I could dwell on the negatives (exhaustion, cold under-heated hallways w...

Earlier this week I found myself stuck at a “doctor-y” event. As I made small talk with a colleague, I mentioned that I was training ...

(Patient accounts have been altered so as to protect their privacy and identity) When I walked into my internal medicine practice office y...

11pm, January, 2009. I stare at my face in the bathroom mirror with the magical belief that the reflected version of myself might, if I sta...

A few months ago, when I was contemplating a shift in direction in my career, I happened to google 'women leaders in medicine'. Amon...

Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Queen Elizabeth Theatre Every seat is taken. The theatre's lights are dimmed over a throng of excited Vancou...

The other night, my daughter Cecelia woke me up at 1 a.m.  The day after her 11th birthday. "I'm sick." She took me into her...

I am a 31 year old Ob/Gyn in the North East and have two small children, ages 1 and 3, as well as a wonderful husband. I am one and a half...

I recently attended a bachelorette party.  A few of the other ladies were moms, but I was the only physician mom.  One of the other moms str...

I recently had one of those stomach bugs where I was spending the day racing from bed to the toilet to vomit all day. It was a fun day. I ...

My daughter has the most beautiful relationship with her daddy.  They have their own little songs they sing together, bedtime rituals, games...

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

Somewhere between first seeing the 2 purple lines on my pregnancy test and wrestling with my 2.5 year old toddler as he runs giggling at ful...

I am a 30 year old mother of 3 children ages 13, 10 and 8 in addition to being a wife and a second year OB/GYN resident. It’s the w...

My soon-to-be five year old will do or say anything to delay bedtime. Recently she's wanted me to tell her about my day – what type of p...