A 29 year-old woman was carried into the emergency room by her dirty, bearded husband. She was semi-conscious and slurring her speech. The couple first encountered some opposition to treatment, as this was 1979 and still the age when bearded men were automatically assumed to be hippie drug addicts. …
Speaking About Wellness and Burnout
I haven't kept up with my regular blogging schedule for the past month or two because much of my free time has been dedicated to preparing for a speaking engagement. Last year, one of my 18 for 2018 to-do items was to be interviewed on a podcast; this year, I decided to step it up a notch and make …
Advice I Give To Rotating Medical Students
Despite being an anesthesiologist at a tertiary academic center, my faculty appointment only requires that I spend less than 10% of my time teaching. While this provides the benefit of not having to work overnight or weekend shifts, I do miss out on teaching our anesthesiology residents. Thus, the …
Are You Reaching Your Goals for 2018?
This year, I decided to make a list a la Gretchen Rubin of 18 things I want to do in 2018. I discussed the idea earlier in an earlier post here. I thought it seemed like a nice way to make some intentions for the year without a lofty list of resolutions. Instead, the list simply serves as a kind of …
