How Meditation Saved Me
I wasn’t always a meditation teacher. I didn’t even meditate until 5 years into my career as a hospitalist. I suffered from severe burnout, and I was in desperate need of a change. Once I learned to meditate, everything started to improve. I stopped crying. I stopped having road rage. I was able to find […]
Career Series: Q&A with an Allergy & Immunology Physician
Ever wondered what its like to be an Allergy & Immunology specialist or what it takes? Dr. Kena Shah, an Allergy & Immunology specialist, shares the inside scoop in our latest Q & A. What is your title?Allergy & Immunology Specialist What is your field?Allergy, Asthma, Immunology, Internal Medicine, Public Health How did you decide […]
Why I Quit my 30 Year Journey as a Pediatrician
My name is Uchenna Umeh, fondly called Dr. Lulu by my patients. I am a pediatrician and a mom of two teens and one young adult. I like to think of myself as a Momatrician because I have been blessed with not only my own biological children, but I have also been blessed with the […]
To Become Physician Seuss
Most of you will never knowWhat doctors do to fully growIt starts even right before collegeWhere we struggle for entry holding that knowledge If we are lucky enough to get some prestigeThere is much more work before we get any expertiseThe constant pressure to study study studyInternally yearning to just hang with our buddy While […]
Physician Heal Thyself: 3 Tools Doctors Can Use to Prevent Burnout
It was a beautiful warm mid-July morning in Minnesota and I was taken by surprise by my feeling of complete and utter contentment. I was with my family bicycling around a lake on a smooth, groomed gravel path surrounded by trees, ferns and so many shades of green my breath was taken away. The cool […]
So I didn’t match…Now what? My SOAP Experience
Five years ago after having 11 interviews from August to February, I received a call from my medical school adviser on the Monday of match week telling me I didn’t match. It was the one call that turned my whole medical school life upside down. I knew that over my four years of study I […]
What International Women’s Day Means to Women Doctors
Aren’t all things better when they’re in balance? That is this year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD). IWD will be on March 8th, and this year marks the 118th annual celebration. Since its inception in 1911 in several European countries, IWD marks the progress made in gender parity. While the US doesn’t recognize it […]
I am a doctor and I have anxiety
I’ve been thinking a lot about connection recently, and how much of our sadness is related to the fact that we feel alone in our suffering. Well, in the spirit of alleviating that separateness feeling, I offer this glimpse into my own head. It was 2001, and I was in my first year of med […]
In My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams: Reflections from a Black Female Doctor
I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams is a quote on a T-shirt that I see frequently in my social media feeds. It is very relevant during Black History Month. My great grandparents and grandparents were capable and intelligent people who never had the opportunities I’ve had due to the impact of slavery and subsequent segregation. Their […]
10 Healthy Ways for Women Doctors to Decompress
It is no secret. Often women are the keepers of their home. And it can drive you CRAZY! How can we keep our sanity? We need to give ourselves a time out and decompress. Decompressing is essential for your mental health. But how can you do that when you have patients to see, notes to […]
