The Light at the End of the Tunnel By Cayela Moody I have arrived. Twelve years ago, my husband began a medical journey, and in my mind I have been waiting for this day. Today is the day that I should be blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel. My husband took […] Continue reading → 
The Joy of Writing by Pamela Camosy, MD Let’s face it: all healthcare professionals are writers. We take pen to paper—or fingers to keyboard—many times every day as part of the medical process. First we meet with a patient for a conversation about their symptoms, then perform a physical examination and devise an assessment and […] Continue reading → 
The Night Before Christmas (from a physician family point of view) By Amber Stueven ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a pager was beeping, “For once, a quiet house.” The children were snug, in their beds did they lay, While Daddy ran resuscitations in the trauma bay. Another holiday that we’d […] Continue reading → 
AMA Foundation Establishes the Physician Disaster Recovery Fund Amid the devastation inflicted by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria are doctors who need to quickly rebuild their medical practices in order to continue serving their communities. As a result, the American Medical Association Foundation (AMAF) has created the Physician Disaster Recovery Fund. All contributions to the […] Continue reading → 
Back to the Beginning by Sarah Epstein I remember sitting on the couch in our Miami apartment, looking out the window and thinking, there is so much I wish I had known. It was 2014, and my fiancé Brian was three years into medical school and I was between jobs. I was struggling. I started […] Continue reading → 
Physician Burnout: Does it have another perspective in Africa? By Dr. Yohannes Mengistu (The drawings below have all been created by Dr. Mengistu.) Physician burnout, as it is one of the most burning issue in the health care area worldwide, is becoming a highly sensitive focus of much research and many studies. The recent Physician […] Continue reading → 
Who Heals the Healers? New Issue of Physician Family Magazine Focuses on Stress and Burnout By Donna Baver Rovito Who heals the healers? There’s an epidemic afflicting America’s physicians – and the old adage “Physician, heal thyself” just won’t cut it this time. Physician stress and burnout are at an all-time high, with more than […] Continue reading → 
The Making of a Medical Family By Emily Loeb June 30 is a date that those in the medical world know well; it’s the official end of the medical training calendar year. July 1 represents new beginnings: beginning of the academic year, an internship, a residency, or a fellowship. This year was our tenth and […] Continue reading → 
Letter to a young doctor’s girlfriend By Megan Sharma I was recently inspired by Dr. Suzanne Koven’s Letter to a Young Female Physician, published in “The New England Journal of Medicine.” In her letter to herself as a young doctor, Dr. Koven describes the challenges she will face and the battle waging within her own mind: “I have wasted […] Continue reading → 
Welcome to Resident Widowhood by Angelic Rodgers Video: Residency Training, Long Hours, and the Effects on Patient Outcomes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qJCzjyi-dE John Green, author of Paper Towns and The Fault in Our Stars, also does great videos on YouTube and I was not surprised at all to find that he’s the executive producer of Healthcare Triage. I suspect […] Continue reading →