The first night on call as a surgery intern
An excerpt from The Surgeon’s Obol. July 1, 8 p.m.…
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Bottles and pacifiers: advice from a Latinx pediatrician
Growing up in Puerto Rico, “babas” (bottles: biberón/botellas) and “bobos”…
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COVID-19 becomes a magnifying glass for health disparities
The daily email update on COVID-19 affecting our hospital system…
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How to make the most of your child’s telehealth visit
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, telehealth visits with doctors have…
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Why cultural competency courses should be requisites for medical school
Like many others, I have felt immense frustration in the…
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Poor patients get poor positions on the OR schedule and poor continuity of care
I have been an academic surgeon in a large medical…
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The guilt of physician-moms [PODCAST]
“As women physicians, especially physician moms and women physicians of…
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I stopped drinking and then there was a pandemic
I have been drinking since I was 13 years old.…
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How the pandemic forced this physician to quit
I never thought that I would resign with my last…
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