The third assignment in my listening experiment required my attention to others. Piece of cake, I thought. I’m a good listener, I...

I used to listen to upbeat music or NPR news on the way to work every day, which is about a 15- minute drive, one of the many blessings...

At the end of every new patient evaluation and admission to the rehabilitation hospital I have to bring up the sensitive subject of Code...

Nothing in medical training really prepares you for the death of your first patient, the first time you officially pronounce a patient...

I saw my senior resident storming down the hospital corridor towards me. As soon as she was several feet away, she yelled out “You killed...

F*** Cancer said the caption on my patient’s hot pink socks, the words coming from the mouth of a little purple cat holding up its middle...

I was reminded that my response to the stressors at work during the COVID-19 pandemic are to be expected. It’s normal to feel stress...

By the time the COVID-19 surge in our community did arrive last fall, I was ready. In the months prior I had recognized that I was...

I suddenly had the insight that what I was experiencing was physician burnout, something I had not yet experienced so acutely on the job...

Last year when the SARS-CoV2 was just starting to circulate in the US (or, more accurately, the awareness of its presence was becoming more

Some of my patients have died from COVID, some have severe long-term effects from the disease that will not allow them to return to their pr

The truth is that you can’t change someone’s belief, because they do not reside in the rational or cognitive part of the brain. Maybe some d

It is true that this is the most challenging time I have had thus far in my career as a physician. And it’s not just the long hours...

It has made me dig deeply into my reserves of patience, love, compassion, and kindness, for my patients, my family, my friends, and myself.