Taking a hiatus from blogging for now.  This coronavirus thing has been really hard, both as a parent, as a daughter, and as a physician.  I...

The other day I was with my daughter at a play date with one of her friends. I’ve known the parents of this friend for close to a year. I...

OK, I need your advice. I started bringing a water bottle to work, because I believe wholeheartedly in the amazing power of WATER.  So I l...

This amazing cartoon was drawn by my daughter, who is only TWELVE!  Clearly, she is way more talented than her mom.

Yesterday I was at a drug store and while i was shopping, a preteen girl approached me.  "Excuse me," she said.  "I'm c...

I was dictating an H&P about a patient who had a CABG, and I was amazed at how Dragon translated me saying "cabbage" into &quo...

Recently, I was getting up to get ready to take my daughter to an event when my doorbell rang.  I got up and answered the door.  A woman was...

Me: "Hi, this is Dr. McFizz calling from My Hospital about a mutual patient RareFirstName RareLastName.  I have a question about the pa...

Please help me! If you read and enjoyed my new book, The Ex, would you consider leaving a review?? I have had multiple people tell me the...

My medical school didn’t have an official yearbook. For this reason, one of the students in our class, let’s call her Donna, decided to l...