A little snippet of a recent email At work, I go by Dawn Baker MD, MS. But at home, I’m sometimes known as Kristie Reynolds. I don’...

I have been a little MIA here since I've joined the chaos that is being an attending! I was once told that the first year of being an ...

I just stopped on the MiM website when it dawned on me, I haven’t posted in 3 months?!? What in THE world? I realized it’s because I’ve...

I’m currently mid staycation with my daughter, and I disobeyed my own advice.  I overplanned.  As a result I set myself up for constant disa...

And then she said, “Wait what?”     As a mother in medicine, are you engaging in mindfulness, or are you a multi-tasker?   Perhaps tha...

I have never been one to track my periods, but then life happened and now I am tracking them religiously. I think back to when it all be...

Hello Mothers in Medicine readers, I am Geraldine Chang. I go by Geri. I have been X-ray vision for a couple years now. Thank you for read...

Hi, I’m new here.  And very honored to be here, at that.  I’m a pathologist, in private practice for > 5 years (settling in to the f...

All Spring my husband researched options. He had a great job, and they loved him so much they gave him leave without pay to get extra vacati...

It was a Thursday evening and I had just gotten off from back to back shifts, first a full day in private practice and then a hospital trai...

As I hang up my short white coat after my last clinical rotation of medical school, after the celebrations of commencement week subside ...

Finding the balance.  Taking a deep breath. Changes abound at work these days. Just when I was looking to lean out, the circumstances are ...

I wondered during undergrad if I could do medicine and "have a life". I didn't have a lot of first-hand contact with physicia...

I've been trying to dig deep and reflect on my own work-life balance... I feel like I'm living in a world in which my mantra to my l...

I have posted before about how much I love my job.  I am honored to work with so many amazing people.  Quite recently a revolutionary change...

Oh, no. Not a New Year's Resolution post. Who needs another "Live healthier, Be a better doctor, Be a better mom" post? We...