Genmedmom here. Yes, this lovely photo of walnuts, dark chocolate, and red wine against the backdrop of Christmas was my real dinner. ...

I learned a beautiful new word this week - exceptionality I am on my community health rotation. One of the best parts of being a resident ...

I have been so blessed to have several amazing groups of girlfriends, most of whom are mamas. I have a handful of dear friends from high sch...

I hate interviews. I don’t know why I hate them so intensely or get so anxious, but whenever I have a job interview I develop “functional dy...

I walk by the closed double doors and frosty windows of the ICU. You’re lying in there, intubated. It feels weird to go to work now. I can...

I believe in signs. Driving home from getting the kids flu shots, we heard the song "The Sign" by Ace of Base on the radio. When...

We went trick-or-treating for fifteen minutes last night. That's right, fifteen minutes. Let me preface this by specifying that my ...

I talk about my kids. A lot. I mentioned them in my residency application, during my interviews, and share anecdotes at work with my attendi...

Hello mom-asphere, I'm curious to get people's opinions/advice on spacing of kiddos. My husband and I have been talking about how ...

A little snippet of a recent email At work, I go by Dawn Baker MD, MS. But at home, I’m sometimes known as Kristie Reynolds. I don’...

I was at our block education the other day when one of my male co residents asked me, “Did you read the JAMA reflection piece from Sept 11?”...

Genmedmom here. I am officially closer to 50 than 40, and it shows. If I didn't hear it all the time from my patients, I would be co...

How to succeed with pumping as a resident: I am an intern in a busy internal medicine program. I try to pump several times a day. At first...

I had a job interview last week, in an odd surprising way, with the medical director of a local system of FQHC medical clinics in our town. ...

There is a patient that has been on my mind this year. I was fired as her doctor. I have had two patients fire me. The first was a s...