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AITA for Pointing Out to the Insurance Company That I’m the Expert on My Patient? (A parody, except happening everywhere.) (July 13, 2022)

Is It a Physician’s Job to Make Their Patients ‘Happy?’ (June 20, 2022)

A Good Doctor Must (A Poem) (June 8, 2022)

What It’s Like to Be a Cancer Physician in America (May 25, 2002) — or read here on my blog

Gendered Expectations of Physician Accessibility (April 21, 2022) — or read here on my blog

We All Struggle With the Unwritten Rules of Medical Culture (March 23, 2022) — or read here on my blog

Is Resentment the Ugly Stepsister to Perfectionism? Why Challenging Patients Can Trigger Resentment in Doctors and Nurses (February 28, 2022) — or read here on my blog

Under the Surface, an Oncologist’s Reflection on the Movie Encanto (January 11, 2022) — or read here on my blog

‘How Can You Do This?’ When the Patient’s Family Dictates Care in Opposition to Medical Recommendations (December 28, 2021)

Fight or Flight, or Something In Between (December 14, 2021) — or read here on my blog

Dear Patient: An Open Letter on Why I’ve Been Working Part-time During the Pandemic (November 16, 2021)– or read here on my blog

Being Human: The Preexisting Condition of Disease (October 14, 2021) — or read here on my blog

The World Needs to Collectively Grieve: Acknowledging the Pandemic Losses (Sept 3, 2021) — or read here on my blog

A Tale of Two Patients: Female Body Image and Cancer Treatment (August 12, 2021) — or read here on my blog

COVID-19 and Cancer Misinformation: An Oncologist’s Viewpoint (July 27, 2021) — or read here on my blog

Burnout in Physicians vs Pilots: Who’s Flying the Plane? (July 8, 2021) — or read here on my blog

Shame Runs Deep in Medical Training; We Can Release It by Owning Our Own Stories (June 23, 2021) — or read here on my blog

How Toughness is a Setup for Burnout (June 10, 2021) — or read here on my blog