WRITER * ARTIST * DOCTOR * PATIENT * MOTHER
The daffodils and tulips are poking up under our ash tree. I endured a fourth cancer surgery and feel renewed – once again officially with “no evidence of disease.” Just call me NED. The spurts of spring have inspired me to redesign my site and add a new aspect of myself – my art. I…
My journalism degree taught me to gather info from many sources, synthesize it & communicate it clearly to others – exactly what doctors do all day. So why, when interviewing to attend medical school, was my background seen as odd? Communication is central to doctoring. We can do better. Read more here in my latest…
I was honored that CLOSLER, an initiative of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine’s Miller Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence, invited me to reflect on life as a doctor with cancer. You can check it out here.
Each of us is somehow “abnormal.” All of us are embarrassed or uncomfortable about some part of ourselves. None of us is without burdens. Some are on the surface to announce to all, others are deep and in need of more excavation. In recognizing these burdens, we can find the wellspring of empathy, of acceptance,…
Receiving important test results is usually stressful – but this stress can be addressed. Online patient portals aren’t necessarily the way to do that. As physicians, we need to be mindful of how our patients want results communicated. My experience in my latest for Doximity.