The Reality of Healthcare Disparities
The CDC defines health care disparities as “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.” The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the issue of healthcare disparities in our nation. Although black people make up the minority of the US population, we […]
Trimming the Fat
Indeed, 2020 was a time of reflection for us all. A reflection on society, on the state of the world’s affairs, on ourselves and our own lives. I don’t know about you, but I have been gobsmacked at the amount of “excess,” in general, with which we are surrounded. Let’s start with charting. As an […]
Ep #45: Book Publishing & Medical Media with Dr. Amber Robins
Have you been wanting to write a book or do some medical media work? Listen in to a recording from our Women in White Coats Virtual Summit where we sit down with our CoFounder Dr. Amber Robins to talk about just that. Are you a physician who is dissatisfied in your current job? Have you […]
AN INVITATION: RSVP YES TO YOURSELF
Since I was a little girl, I have always volunteered to get the mail from the mailbox. I never saw this as a chore. It is all about the surprise. I loved the possibility of what might be there – a magazine full of fun ideas and places to visit, an unexpected card from a […]
M.D. Plus an Additional Degree?
As I wrote in my chapter “My Journey to Becoming a Teen Doc“ in The Chronicles of Women in White Coats 2 book, I have wanted to be a doctor since I was ten years old. During my adolescent medicine fellowship, I enjoyed working with my patients one on one but I always thought that […]
Want Three More Weeks Off a Year?
Me: “Want three more weeks off each year?” You: “Of course, I do! What do I have to do to get it?” You might think you will have to negotiate your contract. Or you might need to beg. Nope, it is easy. You just chart like a guy! In the February 2021 JAMA Internal Medicine […]
Ep #44: Amplifying an Authentic Message with Dr. Carla Lamb
In this episode, we interview 2021 Women in White Coats Hero Nominee, Dr. Carla Lamb. She is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and is the Director of Interventional Pulmonary Medicine and the Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship program at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington Massachusetts. She is a […]
Moving Beyond The U.S. Capitol Riots
Moving Beyond The U.S. Capitol Riots January 6, 2021. This day will definitely go down in history. I remember sitting downstairs in front of the building that houses my Pediatric clinic. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been performing visits for our sick patients through our drive-up clinic in front of the building every […]
Ep #43: The Power of Mentorship with Dr. Olutayo Sogunro
Listen in as Women in White Coats Writers Fellow Dr. Marion McCrary sits down to talk with Dr. Olutayo Sogunro, a 2021 Women in White Coats Hero Nominee. She is an Acute Care and Trauma Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Surgery in Connecticut. Her strong belief that education should be the great equalizer for opportunity […]
Black Women in Medicine – Why Do We Need Them?
On February 3rd, we celebrated National Women Physicians Day. This day was chosen to honor the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell – the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States. February is also Black History Month. As young children, we learn so much about Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa […]
