By April Thorpe The summer before my husband’s M4 year, he came home one day and announced that he wanted to go on a boat. Ok, a ship. A very large ship. He had found out about a six week volunteer stint on a Navy hospital ship which was embarking on a humanitarian mission to […] Continue reading → 
By Stephen Lloyd Buying your first house is like having a child. You’re never really ready. It’s a huge decision that will potentially impact your finances either negatively or positively for years to come. And that’s scary. For most medical families, buying a house is even more intimidating and overwhelming because you have so […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: In this week’s post, Marriage and Family Therapist and medical spouse Kim Blackham responds to a reader’s question from her September post on medical marriage.) Question: We are currently in the last year of med school, and I’m wondering; what are some practical, everyday things we can do to keep our marriage strong? […] Continue reading → 
By Julia Sotile Orlando, MSW, LCSW Rebecca Sotile Fallon, M.A. Mary O. Sotile, MA, LPC Wayne M. Sotile, Ph.D. “My medical student (or resident) mate is so self-focused! I have sacrificed everything for his/her career, and get little in return. I am questioning whether to stay in this relationship. This is not what I signed […] Continue reading → 
By Rochelle Bach Each year as the holidays approach, countless medical families prepare for the dreaded release of the holiday schedule. Will the physician spouse be home this year? Will the non-physician spouse be packing up three kids under the age of five and traveling across the country alone to visit family they may only […] Continue reading → 
(Editor’s Note: As we gear up for the holiday season, the physician family is often reminded that the doctor’s schedule doesn’t necessarily mean a holiday for all of us. In the first issue of Physician Family, we asked a question about medical families and holidays and here is what some of our readers had to […] Continue reading → 
By Monica Swanson We had our first son after my husband’s second year of medical school. Just two years later, I was a full eight months pregnant with our second son when my husband graduated, and we made the big move to Oahu for Family Practice residency.
Son number three arrived during the third and […] Continue reading → 
Medical Marriage Q&A: Contempt and Burnout By Kim Blackham (Editor’s Note: In this week’s post, Marriage and Family Therapist and medical spouse Kim Blackham responds to a reader’s question from her September post on medical marriage.) Question: I am in tears tonight as I type this. After 10+ years of marriage I am so discouraged. […] Continue reading → 
From the Mouths of Babes By Jordyn Paradis Hagar One day a couple months ago, my two and a half year old looked me right in the eye and said, “Mommy, I’m happy to see you”. I felt my heart skip a beat, and warmth and joy consumed my entire body. What a pure and […] Continue reading → 
Residency Survival: Lessons Learned By Briana Wessell Only six years and eightish months to go. The last time everyone heard from me, my husband was just beginning the first rotation of his neurosurgery intern year. We were eager to get started and excited to move into this next phase of the medical training process. Well, […] Continue reading →