Introduction: In the face of adversity, my journey from being a hospitalist to a utilization management physician advisor was not without its challenges. However, this transformation’s story is filled with hope, networking, and empathy, showcasin…
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Patient respect in medicine: Ensuring well-being and trust
Treating patients with respect and dignity is essential to the medical profession. This is true even when the patient lies unconscious in the operating room. It seems unnecessary to stress the importance of creating a secure and comfortable environment…
Thriving through transitions: lessons from a hospitalist’s journey
We all know that life is in transition, and we all go through different changes during our careers, from personal to professional growth. We all strive for a reasonable life-work balance. Early in my career, after completing my residency training, I wa…
Programs that recruit and retain Black and Latinx students in health care fields are essential to address racial health disparities
“We need more doctors who look like us.” I led a small group discussion with high school students enrolled in the Medical Careers Education and Emergency Preparedness (MedCEEP) ‘s Summer Pipeline Program. Our task was to brainstorm so…
Reshaping opioid policies: a patient advocate’s call [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join patient advocate Richard A. Lawhern as he challenges prevailing myths surrounding the opioid crisis. With insights from medical literature, he questions the link between opioid prescri…
Medical schools’ hidden crisis: the dark truth behind physician burnout
The annual suicide rate of physicians over the past few decades has amounted to about 400 highly trained and competent American physicians per year and is now increasing. That wipes out about one large medical school four-year class each year in our na…
Understanding the changes in migraine treatment
This article is sponsored by Pfizer. As a primary care provider (PCP) specializing in headaches and migraine, I cannot stress enough the important role of PCPs in diagnosing and treating migraine disease. Almost 40 million Americans and over a billion …
The Cactus Kid: an analogy for parents and youth who are living with mental disease
Everyone has phases, stages, and degrees of mental disease throughout their lives, especially children, adolescents, and young adults. It is a part of normal growth and development to go through phases of change. Sometimes, a young person gets stuck in…
The pursuit of medicine through dyslexia
Sitting in class was always a terrifying experience, not knowing if I was going to be the next one called on to read. My mind would race ahead trying to figure out a strategy on how to get out of it. I would excuse myself from the room or blame a sore …
Understanding nipple discomfort in breastfeeding [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Cindy Rubin, a pediatrician and breastfeeding medicine specialist, as she discusses the common challenges of nipple discomfort during breastfeeding and the controversial use of all-pur…
