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Here I sit reminiscing at the beginning of another year about all the experiences and challenges that were faced, life lessons that were...

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As a physician, you know the signs and symptoms of mental health issues and understand the impact it can have on a person's life....

While it appears we are on the downhill slope of COVID-19’s integration into everyday life, burnout rates are rising and organizational...

Depersonalizing Medical Practice

The pandemic has brutalized health care such that the term “institutional betrayal” (IB) is becoming part of the physician vernacular....

Use a coach as a thought partner

Looking for clues to solve practice dilemmas

Who doesn’t love a good belly laugh now and then? Can you recall the last time your funny bone was tickled in such a way? The work we do...

I’m on vacation this week with 2 of my daughters. We are at Disney World. This last time we were here was the week prior to Disney’s shut...

Recent events in our mid-west region prompted us to bring the topic of physician suicide forward with our residents and fellows. They...

What will medicine look like when the fire of burnout, that is consuming us and our future physicians, is finally squelched?

I spent an hour yesterday with a new patient who has complex repaired congenital heart disease. In our initial conversation it became...

With any new illness comes metaphor.

Who knew the complexities of PPE for the menopausal physician Who could have predicted Hormonal Fluctuations would reach a whole, new...

The pandemic has revised the Triple Aim framework of health care. We are teetering on the precipice of our own well-being.

Facing uncertainty with an attitude of grit and recognizing we have choice in how we respond to the stressors are vital steps in our self-pr

Know you are valuable and worthy.

Do you have the opportunity to take an extended break from work, a chance to recharge and refocus over several weeks or months? Some...

I recently attended a cardiology conference at which a dear friend of mine was presenting on the topic of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy....