A First: A Second Gentleman
Congratulations, ladies, we will have a Second Gentleman! Now you may ask why I am celebrating this? We will soon be witnessing the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. This inauguration is going to be historic and groundbreaking in many ways. We will have a woman of color of Black and […]
Episode #38: How to Be a Rockstar In 2021 with Drs. Petra McEwan and Marion McCrary
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Marion McCrary to discuss her recent Women in White Coats article “Reflections on Confidence: How to Be a Rockstar in 2021.” Marion McCrary MD FACP is a practicing primary care general internist and certified integrative health and wellness coach in North Carolina. She talks about running her […]
Yes, that is Dr. Jill Biden to You
What is it with a woman or person of color with an advanced degree that makes some men see red? A writer from the Wall Street Journal penned an Op-Ed about First Lady-elect Dr. Jill Biden and how she should drop the doctor title from her name. My initial reaction was to sigh and think […]
Be the Change We So Desperately Need
I live just 20 minutes away from where it happened. Living in the area surrounding Washington, DC, I have seen various protests that grace our nation’s capital occurring daily. These vibrant and often encouraging voices of change have been the reasons for many street closures and traffic jams. Here in DC, though it can sometimes […]
Episode #37: The Gender Moonshot and Gender Parity in Medicine with Dr. Shikha Jain
This week we speak with Dr. Shikha Jain, a 2021 Women in White Coats Hero nominee about gender inequity in medicine and her recent TedX talk on the Gender Moonshot. Dr. Shikha Jain is a hematology and oncology physician and Founder and Chair of the Women in Medicine Summit. She was named one of Medscapes […]
Maintaining Professional Balance: Balance does not mean equal
How do you maintain balance in your professional life? That is the million-dollar question. The most important thing to understand and accept is that balance does not mean everything is always being handled equally at any one time. This acceptance was eye-opening for me in my journey to achieve and maintain professional balance during my […]
Episode #36: Living Your Bucket List Now with Palliative Care Physician Dr. Faryal Michaud
In this episode we sit down with one of our 2021 Women in White Coats Hero nominees to discuss why its so important to live your bucket list now. Dr. Faryal Michaud is a palliative care physician and life coach and she shares the lessons she has learned working with people at the end of […]
Reflections on Confidence: How to be a Rockstar in 2021
At the end of 2016, I found myself on a crisp overcast day staring across the Seine at the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding park. I was stretching and about to hit start on my watch for a twelve-mile training run. The day before, I had traveled alone over the Atlantic, taken a train to […]
Episode #35: How To Turn Your Passion into Profit During a Pandemic
Listen in as Women in White Coats Cofounders, Dr. Amber Robins and Dr. Archana Shrestha, discuss how they got started as entrepreneurs and how they turned their passion into a profitable business. They also discuss the mindset shifts that women doctors in particular need to make to have a successful online business and why right […]
Editor’s Corner: #ThisIsOurShot to End the Pandemic
If 2020 was the year of the coronavirus pandemic, 2021 has got to be the year of vaccinations. The miracle of modern science, generous funding, and expedited research has led to us having possibly three available vaccines to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Pfizer/ BioNtech, Moderna, and most recently, AstraZeneca have produced vaccines that are […]
