By Juliana Ampadu Otiwaah My Journey As a first-generation immigrant, my path to becoming a doctor was far from straightforward. My family immigrated from Ghana to Canada nearly 30 years ago. My f...
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 ...
Sophie Dream, MD, MPH My father moved to Chicago at a young age. He and his father had applied for him to get a visa to come to the United States to further his education. The day my father’...
By: Ariana Naaseh, MD, MPHS Often the first thing I get asked by friends and family regarding residency is “So what year are you in now?” followed by “So what exactly are you doing?” These qu...
By: Priyanka V. Chugh MD, MS When I started medical school, nearly ten years ago, I had an idea of what a surgeon looked like. Largely rooted in the perspective of the media, it was “supposed”...
By: Cathy Hung In the earlier years of my career, I always tried to accommodate patients’ needs anytime, all the time, whenever possible. I opened my office many times off-hours at the slightest...
By Hannah Soltani Throughout training as a medical student, resident, fellow, or attending, we are all faced withincreasing responsibilities that make us feel as though there just aren’t enough ...
By Sara Campbell, OMS-IV Trigger Warning: The following blog post contains mentions of sexual assault. A few months ago, I was catching up with one of my close friends when she told me about a rece...
By Yi Hsuan Chen, MD As healthcare professionals, we dedicate years to learning how to care for our patients, continually honing our skills to provide the best possible care. However, in our demandin...
By Meredith Taylor, MD One of the most difficult aspects of surgical training is taking critical feedback, synthesizing it, improving from it, and—most importantly—not taking it personally. In my...
