Jet skis on the highway and sharks in the street: these are some of the images that may come to mind when you remember the record-breaking flash floods that occurred in Fort Lauderdale in April of 2023. Due to global warming, lethal weather such as thi…
An excerpt from Imposter Doctors: Patients at Risk. On December 17, 2020, television network WGN America featured the book Patients at Risk: The Rise of the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant in Healthcare in a news segment entitled, “Fam…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join David Alfery, a cardiac anesthesiologist and author of Saving Grace: What Patients Teach Their Doctors about Life, Death, and the Balance in Between. David recounts a transformative mo…
When my children were in preschool, parents often commented at school events that they did not know I worked or was a physician. I never knew how to handle that double-edged sword. Ostensibly a compliment, their surprise at a working parent’s pre…
Feeling burned out is often a function of financial fragility. How is that possible when most doctors earn incomes in the top 1 percent? I am both a physician and involved in finance. As physicians, we often start our careers under significant debt, st…
“We want you all to do better,” said the presenter to the medical students, as if only the next generation can enact change … the next time around. This session is one of many aimed at making the culture of medicine more inclusive and…
Dealing with a toxic person close to you is traumatic, draining, and upsetting. My older sister is a toxic person, and I endured her behavior for over 40 years. I recommend making a clean break from a toxic person around the holidays and birthdays when…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Alan Lindemann, an obstetrics-gynecology physician, exposes the overlooked side of state medical boards. Join us as we shed light on the damage done to physicians and patients. Discover the…
Separately, we discovered many of the same helpful tips that neither of us learned in a combined fifty-six years of education and training; we have each found comfort, sustenance, and direction from them. When we recently discussed wellness in our depa…
An excerpt from The Game Plan: A Woman’s Guide to Becoming a Doctor and Living a Life in Medicine. Relationships are complicated for many women and can have an even greater complexity for the female physician whose life and time is scheduled for …
