(Editor’s Note: September is Women in Medicine Month, a time dedicated to recognizing the growing number of women physicians within the profession. This week on the blog, we are featuring an extraordinary woman who is an accomplished physician, an active leader in the Navy and a national health care advocate.) Lt. Cmdr. Josephine C. Nguyen Q: Why […] Continue reading →

(Editor’s Note: This week we are reposting an important piece shared by one of Physician Family’s regular contributors and licensed marriage and family therapist, Kim Blackham. In this blog post, Kim’s surgeon husband offers 10 tips on successfully maintaining the delicate balance between marriage and medicine. This post originally appeared here on Kim’s website, where you can […] Continue reading →

By Stacie Johnson Every time we moved for medical school, I purged. I expunged items from the deepest, darkest parts of the closets. You know, your old high school shirt with holes or maybe some knickknack that is half broken or even better, a birthday gift that wasn’t too thoughtful? I’d find two black bags; one […] Continue reading →

By Monica Swanson (Editor’s Note: As we approach fall and settle into a new medical year, schedules are set, kids go back to school and travel plans are made. For my physician family, the anticipation of a vacation helps during the busy season. One of our regular contributors has just returned from a summer of […] Continue reading →

By Lizette Blackwell If you are like most students in medical school and residency, you incur a lot of debt in your training to become a doctor. On June 22, 2012, we crossed the finish line. And with debt. A LOT of debt. About a month after graduation when we had started to settle into […] Continue reading →

(Editor’s Note: Today, we are reposting this hilarious piece by one of our own contributors that originally appeared on Kveller.com in July of 2013. Stay tuned for more great writing from Tamara Reese on the blog later this month!) By Tamara Reese In our house of two parents raised by tried and true New Yorkers we spend an […] Continue reading →

by Kim Blackham Question: My husband just signed a contract to take over a practice in the town we both grew up in. Part of me thinks it will be nice to be home again, but the other part of me thinks it is going to be hard. Our families don’t understand the challenges of […] Continue reading →

By Mandy Silveira I’m not actually on TV, but there are days I feel like I’ve accidentally stumbled onto the set of a sitcom. When neighbors have never seen your husband in the light of day and friends joke that he is make-believe, then you might be married to a…well, you know the joke. Being […] Continue reading →

By Briana Wessell When asked to reflect on intern year, I wasn’t quite sure what to say because it has gone by so fast. Briana doesn’t have something to say? Ha! Those who know me personally are probably laughing out loud! My husband began his neurosurgery residency in July 2014 and as of July 2015 […] Continue reading →

By Jamie Walton I was only about half a block from the corner when it happened, focused only on getting to the preschool in time to pick up our four-year-old. The baby was strapped happily in her car seat in the middle row and the radio was playing something–a podcast or NPR, something I would […] Continue reading →