4 Tips for Making a Medical Career Pivot
Feeling stuck? Have you hit the ceiling in your current healthcare job for opportunities to grow? Feeling like there is more out there to do? Perhaps it is time for you to shift and consider a career pivot. I’ve often heard from my healthcare colleagues that after 5 years of doing the same job, they […]
How to Overcome the Struggles of Being a Doctor Mom
As a mom of 5 and a pediatrician and lactation consultant, I am one busy woman. If you are reading this, your life is probably just as crazy as mine. As physicians, we are charged with the task of taking care of others. But many times that leaves us too empty to take care of […]
5 Ways to Advocate Instead of Complicate Your Family Member’s Healthcare
Physicians, dentists, and other health professionals rarely talk about when physicians advocate or interfere in their family member’s healthcare. I strongly suspect we have all encountered this emotionally-charged subject. And what is the best way to navigate through issues of providing or advocating a loved one’s medical care as a medical professional? Ethical Dilemmas Have […]
How to Successfully Stop Your Adolescent From Wetting the Bed
Bedwetting is the most common sleep-related issue among children. As a mom of 4 children, 3 of them boys, this was a major problem in our family. I went to doctor appointments asking why my 10-year-old was still wetting the bed. I was told all sorts of things about my bedwetting boys; they were lazy, […]
A Doctor’s Reaction to AAPI Stereotypes in Pixar’s New “Turning Red” Movie
I Was Raised by South Asian Immigrant Parents I was born in a small American town and raised in a family with South Asian roots. My physician father immigrated to the United States during the “brain drain” between 1966-1975 when physicians and scientists from developing countries were welcomed to developed nations to fill science and […]
3 Secrets to Protect Your Time as an Early Career Physician
I see you, Dr. Early Career! You worked long and hard to get here. You are an attending physician! Is this what you envisioned it would be like? You want the life you pictured it to be, you want it all! To get to that place, there are 3 key secrets to protect your time. […]
How to Find Joy in Being a Doctor Mom
Being a doctor mom is no easy feat. There is much to juggle, and it can be tough to find any sort of true work-life balance. There are many struggles that come with this role, but there are many more joys to being a mother in medicine. As a pediatrician and lactation consultant with five […]
300 Physician Suicides a Year: Our Silent Healthcare Epidemic
Another physician suicide happened on December 27, 2021. Shock, despair, and disbelief hit me all at once when I read the Facebook post about my colleague. No, no, no!!!! Not again!! I can’t believe this happened again. I felt a huge dagger pierce my heart. I could barely breathe. My whole body tightened up. Not […]
URGENT: The Surprising Thing PMS is Trying to Tell Your Body
As a woman, have you ever been asked the question “Is it that time of the month again”? It’s typically asked in a snarky, sarcastic manner, and usually comes from our partner, family members, or close friends. This euphemism actually refers to a woman being on her period, but it has been used to point […]
Physician Burnout and Depression During the Pandemic: An Alarming Update
Physician burnout has been a pressing topic for years, but as we enter the third year of the Covid-19 pandemic, how have things changed? How has Covid-19 impacted doctors? Quick Review of Medscape’s 2021 Physician Burnout and Depression Report To quickly review, Medscape’s data from the 2020 pandemic showed a drop in physician burnout rates […]
