If any physician suspects that a child (or an elder) is being abused, they are legally required to call the appropriate authorities. When Washington D.C. pediatrician Sanjiv Sriram saw that children were being abused, he did just that. He called Child Protective Services… on the …
Woke up this lovely Monday with two flat tires, one nonfunctioning furnace, indoor temp of 55 degrees, two kids needing to get to school, a booked afternoon clinic downtown, and an evening wake to attend. Before the morning was done we discovered that one car …
Just shared an embarrassing story from this past weekend over at Mothers in Medicine. Type A healthcare professionals, this may apply to you!
I am just now becoming more active in the fight against opioid addiction. I’ve shared my thoughts on this in real time and on a big stage. I’m newly waivered to prescribe Suboxone and Subutex. I’m working with both the obstetrics and substance abuse departments …
A huge chunk of my better youth was productively spent in the reading rooms, at long study tables, or in hidden cubbies of a number of libraries. Mom started us young, at the orange- carpeted seventies- style children’s room of my old hometown. I was …
There’s a nasty stomach bug going around. It hit my husband’s workplace last week, and then our daughter’s school. Today, a colleague of mine has called out sick with it… And the hospital just sent out this email: A message from Infection Control and Occupational …
We celebrated Babygirl’s fifth birthday this weekend. This was, in many ways, the typical kids’ party, the kind where you invite the whole preschool class, do some fun activity, and eat cake. But we’ve established a tradition: the kids’ parties are opportunities to also do …
Refreshing post about well- meaning but sort of ridiculous pediatric recommendations adding to the stresses of new motherhood, from a doctor- blogger: All Mothers Are Not Kate Middleton
Every one of the docs in my internal medicine practice is part-time. Yes, many of us have other non-clinical work responsibilities in administration, education, or research. But no one sees patients for more than six sessions weekly. What does that mean? A session is a …