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Leaving academic medicine was a matter of self-respect
“Mom, every time I look in the mirror, I see something different. Sometimes it’s good, and I feel good about myself. But, sometimes it’s not.” It was well after dinner, and my nine-year-old daughter was perched on the kitchen co…
Leaving clinical medicine without regrets
I’ve long considered having these classic, profound opening words of Mary Oliver’s most famous poem tattooed on my body somewhere. Since I quit clinical medicine a month ago, I’m at that stage where I’m researching tattoo parlor…
When physicians are cyberbullied: an interview with ZDoggMD
Pseudoscience hate groups of all kinds are targeting physicians who openly advocate for public health issues. This is a favorite intimidation tactic used by anti-vaccine activists: When pediatrician colleague Jen Trachtenberg posted a video for Nationa…
