By Danielle Hashmi When I was applying for medical school and residency, I was certain that I would never have children during my training. Despite this original conviction, by the time that I was ge...
By Lillian Erdahl Today I achieved what has been a challenging goal for me, zero tasks in my electronic health record (EHR) inbox. It is unlikely to last for very long, but it feels good to accomplis...
Deciding on a career in surgery was very difficult for me. I went into medical school believing I would become a family medicine physician or a pediatrician. I wanted that patient-physician relatio...
By Jaime D. Lewis Many of us can come up with a list of ways that we and our colleagues have been reminded that we do not fit the expectations of a surgeon. For women in medicine these incidents o...
By Shan Lansing Queen Bee Syndrome is a social theory that describes how women in leadership roles sometimes expect more from female trainees than their male counterparts. I have heard this phenomeno...
By Geeta Lal Almost 3 years ago, I woke up with a familiar throbbing pain in my left jaw and face. My first brush with it was four years prior, while caregiving for my mother with cancer. “Stress ...
