By Anna Hargrave, DO This past August, we had an incredible series of lectures and panel groups discussing “The Fourth Trimester and Beyond.” The Fourth Trimester is the twelve week period aft...
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SBAS – Sunday Series: Finding joy in the little things
Most would agree that achieving the idyllic dream of self-care can be challenging at baseline, let alone when trying to incorporate it into a demanding surgeon schedule. The activities that fulfil...
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Egg-specting the Unexpected: A Medical Student’s Experience on Premature Ovarian Insufficiency and Fertility
by Meryem Guler BS The first time I witnessed a birth was in my third year of medical school on my OBGYN rotation. I found myself in the delivery room assisting the team by holding up one of the pati...
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Crying Over Spilled Milk
Special Edition for National Breastfeeding Awareness Month Marjorie Liggett, MD When my newborn wasn’t gaining weight in the first week of life, I became obsessed with my milk supply. I co...
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Progress of LGBTQ+ Rights – A View from One of America’s Youth
By: Alexis Moren The progress of LGBTQ+ rights has seen significant advancements globally, although challenges remain. Over the past few decades, there have been major milestones such as marriage ...
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Navigating Medicine: A Journey with Non-Physician Parents
By: Emma Barham Growing up in a household where medical jargon sounded like a different language and stethoscopes were sparse, my journey into medicine was an uncharted territory. My parents...
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Adding it to the List
By Alyssa Brown A few weeks ago, I apologized to my boyfriend for missing date night (again). I apologized that I feel like we are often just saying hi and bye and watching Bob’s Burgers in be...
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Heels of Steel, Hands of a Healer, Heart of a Mother
By Dr. Smruti K Patel 7:30 am. 15 blade. Incision. Bovie. Bipolar. Number one Penfield. Drill. Irrigation. Suction. Bipolar. 11 blade. 7 suction. Bipolar. The words, the commands, they are automati...
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From Barbies to Blades: Reflections on a Barbie Society
By: Shannon Small “Mommy, so does Barbie have a vagina now?” My 3.5-year-old daughter has been excited to see the Barbie movie since we saw the first preview last summer. So when it came out, we ...
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Paternity Leave’s Incision on Gender Disparities in Academic Surgery
Title: Paternity Leave's Incision on Gender Disparities in Academic SurgeryAuthors: Mayte Bryce-Alberti1,2, Rohini Dutta1,3Author’s Affiliations: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harva...