It has been just over a year since Doximity released the results of a poll that asked physicians if they supported what, at the time, was a propose...

People go into medicine for a wide variety of reasons but not a single one of us who has spent years of blood, sweat, and tears looks forward to th...

I walked into the second-to-last patient’s room. I greeted him and asked how his night went. He patted my hand, as he usually did. His metastatic p...

Remove your home address and phone number from Google and top people finder sites!

When I was in medical school, fentanyl was a major topic of conversation and training. The recent rise of another drug, xylazine, has reminded me o...

The hum of hospital staff moving to and fro filled the PICU. Beeps, alerts, and the teetering sound of life and death were commonplace here.

We have no “do-overs” in life. Oftentimes, we ruminate on our life choices, and wonder if we made the right decisions. Would I do it all over again...

Disclosure: Researching and writing about this topic has served as a kind of therapy for me. I found myself in need of such therapy because recentl...

I always said yes. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right? Always say yes because you don’t know which opportunity is going to be “the one” that ...

I remember my professional rock bottom burnout moment like it was yesterday. 

I grew up in Austin, Texas in a “recycling household.” We had our trash can adjacent to the recycling bin, the compost bin, and the soft plastics b...

When uttering the word “poetry” to clinicians, expect some scoffs. In medicine, clinicians tend to think of language in terms of clinical documenta...

I sat on the phone yesterday consoling a single mother going through heroin withdrawal. In between bouts of vomiting and dry heaving, she pleaded, ...

I was lucky enough recently to attend several functions with friends of mine from across the country. Given the hours of residency, I hadn’t seen s...

Mrs. S, a generally healthy 67-year-old schoolteacher, has been my patient for about three years. Her blood pressure is controlled, and her hemoglo...

As a society, we stand on the brink of a revolution in treating obesity, a condition affecting millions and a leading cause of numerous health prob...

On my second day of intern year, I took call for the first time. I was alone in the hospital with a thick stack of patient lists, a phone, a pager,...