Data indicates that there are 85,000 malpractice lawsuits filed per year. This is the status quo. What if the status quo is worse? There are other data showing that 85,000 is only the number of lawsuits represented by lawyers. There are 3.065 million a…
I started my career in medicine with the same noble intentions that many physicians share—to help and care for people. But like so many of my colleagues, I quickly found myself consumed by a broken system. Three years into my medical career, I was an o…
On Movember, a month dedicated to raising awareness of men’s health issues, it’s crucial to highlight the significant strides being made toward improving outcomes for those affected. Movember’s mission to “change the face of men…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we sit down with Gary Marc Rothenberg, a podiatrist, to explore the unique connections between Olympic-level perseverance and the day-to-day challenges of chron…
I wrote an opinion piece, as a graduating medical student, in KevinMD a little over six years ago, expressing the importance of supporting medical students through confidence and encouragement. As a pediatric attending now, with my own trainees, I cont…
The vacation had been planned for months. With laptop in hand, I headed to my happy place… my favorite place in the sun. I was excited to check some things off my to-do list while enjoying the sun, the beach, and the breeze. But things didn’t go …
Efforts to generate a resource of postmortem brain tissue for research are in their infancy. Autism BrainNet, a program of the Simons Foundation, is trying to jump-start those efforts. Currently, there are fewer than 200 postmortem autistic brains in t…
Rachel was making her 25th visit to the emergency department. The wound on her leg from injecting drugs had spread to her entire calf and required a lengthy course of antibiotic treatment in the hospital. The few times she had been admitted to the hosp…
Like most physicians, I’m cautiously optimistic and sometimes skeptical about the AI-powered tools coming to health care. As a dermatologist, I understand the dire need in our profession to address administrative burdens that can be soul-crushing…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Devina Wadhwa, a psychiatrist, shares her personal journey through burnout and the challenges of navigating systemic pressures in health care. From recognizing subtle sign…
