Keep this, Not that By Stacie Johnson What to wear, what to eat, what time to leave to beat traffic, what to listen to on your playlist, and responding to your kids demands and it is only 7:05 am. You made all those decisions within the first five minutes of hitting the alarm clock. We […] Continue reading → 
When Life Gets in the Way By Mary Gebara It’s 6:00 PM and you’ve just walked in the door from one, two or maybe three different extra-curricular activities. Homework needs to get done, dance and sport equipment are thrown all over the entry way and you’re still trying to figure out how to get dinner […] Continue reading → 
For Mom By Marysa Stevens My brother Tyson, mom Lynda, me, and Tahoe, my dog. Last fall I took a stained-glass art class. When a friend invited me, I thought I was signing up for an art class just painting glass, I didn’t know that we would actually be cutting glass into shapes and soldering […] Continue reading → 
Expectations before joining a medical school and the reality after that By Dr. Yohannes Mengistu (Editor’s Note: Yohannes is a sixth year physician in training in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Please note that PGY1 or intern year in the U.S. is the fifth year of medical school in Ethiopia. American medical students will identify with much in […] Continue reading → 
Building the Team By Donna Baver Rovito Editor, Physician Family The physicians we live with all have something HUGE in common, a single profession which unites them, all dedicated to taking the best possible care of their patients. While they may disagree on how to do that or have wildly different opinions on how to […] Continue reading → 
30 Surefire Signs You’re a Mom of Young Children By Megan Sharma We all have moments when we look in the mirror and say, “Holy burrito, I am a MOM!” It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when it happens. For some, it begins with that adorable baby bump during pregnancy. For others, it’s when our new baby […] Continue reading → 
To My Beloved By Katie Van Arendonk This Is Us . . . I aspire to watch this new drama but have yet to join the bandwagon. However, I digress . . . this is me and my Beloved on Match Day 2008, the moment that we found out that he matched at Johns Hopkins […] Continue reading → 
Resources to Help Your Physician Family Through The Match and Beyond By Donna Baver Rovito This week is a time for both excitement and dread among graduating medical students – Match Week, which culminates in Match Day on Friday, March 17! After finding out where they will spend the next 3-7 years, newly matched residents […] Continue reading → 
Does Match Day dictate your destiny? A surgeon’s wife weighs in By Megan Sharma Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The momentous Match Day fast approaches! But you already knew that, right? Your calendar is marked. Perhaps your hopes and dreams are already staked on a particular program in a favorite city. Or, maybe, you’ll […] Continue reading → 
Keeping “It Gets Better” in Check By Sarah Paschall As my husband is just months away from completing his medical residency and starting practice, I’m reminded of a mantra that I’ve heard bantered around in medical circles for a while now: It gets better. On the surface level, this idea of “it gets better” provides […] Continue reading →