Whether to have a child before becoming an attending physician is a personal choice, but as a fertility specialist, I’m concerned that many people — including physicians — overestimate the effectiveness of today’s fertility treatments. In t…
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To the female physicians who came before me
This message is for all of the women who have forged their paths in medicine, hoping the next generation would come closer to shattering an increasingly fragile glass ceiling. This message is especially for my mother. The most influential female educat…
40 pro tips for your loved ones’ ER visits
1. Tell us about your loved one: What brings them in? What’s their baseline? What changed today? But don’t speak FOR them, unless they can’t. That gets us worried. That’s what abusers often do. 2. Talk to us about your their code status (what should w…
The inflammatory myopathies rap video you didn’t know you needed
Learn about the differences between polymyositis and dermatomyositis the Medcomic way. Illustrated by Jorge Muniz and music by Neil Bobenhouse. Jorge Muniz is an internal medicine physician assistant, illustrator, and author of Sparkson’s Illustrated G…
Working in the ER taught this doctor what evil really means
If you ask people if there is evil in the world, a lot of them will smile politely at such an obviously Medieval (or Neanderthal) view of the world. Which, of course, is a bit of an insult to both groups who were from all evidence quite intelligent fo…
The horrors of the diseases that vaccines prevent
In October of 2016, I returned to Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port Au Prince, Haiti. Hurricane Matthew, a category 4 hurricane, had touched down near Jeremie only four days prior. Hurricane Matthew caused significant devastation with over 2 million people…
You’re given feedback to “read more.” What do you do next?
Doctors are life long learners. The feedback to read more is often heard by medical students and residents in their quest to acquire the knowledge to understand health and disease processes and direct patient care. With so many demands on a resident an…
The power of advocacy: How doctors can be empowered physicians
An excerpt from Recapturing Joy in Medicine, During my year as chief resident, I was also president of the Florida Association of Family Medicine Residents. The faculty at my residency program inspired me by their excellence as clinicians and teachers….
The power of advocacy: How doctors can be empowered physicians
An excerpt from Recapturing Joy in Medicine, During my year as chief resident, I was also president of the Florida Association of Family Medicine Residents. The faculty at my residency program inspired me by their excellence as clinicians and teachers….
Beware the claims of stem cell clinics
Earlier in June, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won a major legal victory by getting an injunction to prevent Florida-based US Stem Cell Clinic from offering its treatments. The company claimed to create stem cells from patients’ body fat …
