By Mara Antonoff, MD As the world continues to grapple with the ongoing challenges of a global pandemic, the day-to-day work life for us as surgeons continues to evolve. While some profes...
by Kathleen Romanowski, MD, MAS, FACS I did not go into medical school planning to be a surgeon. I thought that I was going to be a pediatrician, maybe doing pediatric critical care. That all cha...
By Dr. Lillian Erdahl When I got married at the beginning of my lab years, two years into seven years of General Surgery Residency, I was not sure that I wanted to be a mother. I had been single-mi...
By Justine Broecker, MD An Interview with Dr. Toncred Styblo, a surgical oncologist within the Department of Surgery at Emory University for over 30 years, with her daughter, Dr. Justine Broecker,...
By Justine Broecker, MD An Interview with Dr. Toncred Styblo, a surgical oncologist within the Department of Surgery at Emory University for over 30 years, with her daughter, Dr. Justine Broecker, a ...
By Arghavan Salles In January of this year, I started investigating the process for egg freezing. Having spoken with three more reproductive specialists after my original consultati...
By Nikki Mills In celebration and recognition of breastfeeding awareness month, I decided to write an article for the Association of Women Surgeons weekly blog. Some female surgeons have first hand...
Dear Pat, I’m a second-year surgery resident and somewhat older than my co-residents. I am considering getting pregnant during residency, but I am unsure if my co-residents will be supportive. I ...
Dear Pat, I just returned to my clinical rotations after completing my research years in the lab and having my first child. Before I left for the lab I was planning on a career in Cardiothoracic, T...
I had reached a point when I knew that something had to give. I could no longer listen to the constant “would haves/could haves/should haves” and “when I become a______, when I reach______, when...
