“We are all in this crisis together, but we are not all experiencing this crisis in the same way.” That was how Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot described the jarring data from Chicago’s public health agency that showed black residents a…
Category: Infectious disease
Love in the time of COVID-19
COVID-19 changes everything — even, or especially, love. It demands that we love differently and in new ways. For me, this is what #loveinthetimeofcovid19 looks like. My husband, Lunan, and I are both doctors. Lunan, a urologist, is completing his fina…
When COVID-19 becomes blinding to other conditions
The coronavirus pandemic has incited the necessary fear amongst the public and health care workers. This fear is a positive driver of social distancing and other precautionary measures that assist in protecting health care workers and patients. However…
How COVID-19 changed our fellowship interview process for the better
The COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing medical practice across the country by allowing telemedicine reimbursement, where it was previously limited, and by leveraging video conferencing technology to conduct business and educational meetings in…
How COVID-19 changed our fellowship interview process for the better
The COVID-19 pandemic is fundamentally changing medical practice across the country by allowing telemedicine reimbursement, where it was previously limited, and by leveraging video conferencing technology to conduct business and educational meetings in…
To volunteer or to stay home? A medical student’s daily dilemma during COVID-19.
Wake up. Turn the coffee pot on. Stretch. Read about the latest news. Over the past several years, this same sequence of events has served as the start to my day, and it has continued to be my routine over the past few weeks. However, this early mornin…
Turning to prayer during the pandemic
Photos of health care providers in prayerful stances are being shared on the web. From nurses on helipads at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to ER teams at Jackson South Medical Center, people have been photographed on their knees, arms outstretc…
The individuals who inspire this resident physician in COVID-19 era
As a resident physician keen on academia and research, I have many doctors and scientists who I aspire to be more like. As a future-driven person, I am constantly awed by various inspirational, well-educated, and even better-poised men and women who ha…
Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, we must not neglect the needs of those with mental illness
“I’m in a constant state of fear.” “I have nothing to look forward to now.” “I don’t know when my life will go back to normal.” As a psychiatrist practicing in a busy urban academic medical center, I have started to see the toll that the COVID-19 pande…
Nurses are not getting the protection they need and no one seems to care
Nurses are not getting the protection they need to care for COVID patients, and no one seems to care. Where is the outrage? Nurses are at the COVID patients’ bedside 24/7. We all know the medical staff is not wearing the proper gear at all. If su…
