This morning what struck me most is how I would not be the doctor I am without the support and encouragement of my family.
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Doctors Day 2021
It’s Doctor’s Day today and this doctor is tired.
National Women Physicians Day 2020
I celebrate my mom every day by honoring her example.
When Sadness Is At Your Door
How often do I talk about SADNESS with my patients? Every day.
Doctors' Day 2019
I’ve started writing this post in many different ways as there are so MANY doctors I am grateful to on Doctors’ Day. And so MANY patients as well, both still kids and some now adults, and some are now gone.
But what I keep thinking about this year are those OTHER doctors who helped me become a doctor. No, not my attendings, though I’m grateful to most of them too.
I’m talking about my friends in medical school. There were many of them but there are several who were by my side the whole time, and who I still consider as close to my heart even if we only talk a few times a year, or even if has been YEARS since we’ve spoken.
Doctors' Day
On Doctors' Day, Dr. Bookworm shares what draws her to both medicine and writing together.
How Becoming a Parent Not Only Changed Me as a Person, but as a Pediatrician
Random House has a contest going on regarding the release of Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also A Star. The focus? They want you to answer the difficult question of “How has love changed you?”
What I want to focus on, instead, is how becoming a mother in the first place has changed me as a pediatrician.
The Dichotomy (Trichotomy) of Me
I'm a super hero. My other name is mom. Dr. Bookworm talks about the balance between being a mom and being a doctor. And the balance between the science and, more importantly, the ART of being a good doctor.