While publishing, presenting, and securing speaking engagements are excellent ways to amplify your niche, another powerful strategy is to get involved with the committees and working groups within your professional organizations. 

Committee participation allows you to shape the...

In almost 25 years as an academic physician, I have been amazed and frustrated by the crazy juggling act that clinicians (and especially women clinicians) are required to navigate. While we all try to meet the quadruple aims of world class clinical practice, innovative research, novel and...

I have greatly benefited from both coaching and mentoring and I am happy to explain how each has played a pivotal role in my personal and professional development in academic medicine. While these terms are often used interchangeably, they represent distinct and different approaches to guidance...

Today, I would like to talk about #limitingbeliefs – how to recognize them and how to address them.

Recognizing and dealing with limiting beliefs is like peeling back the layers of an onion – it takes some introspection. In our day-to-day conversations, pay attention to those sneaky...

The rationale for tackling physician burnout encompasses multiple aspects including the resultant:

• Expenses linked to staff turnover
• Diminished productivity leading to lost revenue
• Financial risk due to the critical connection between burnout and lower quality of care, reduced patient...

When I started my career, I had a lot of interesting ideas and several projects in different stages of development (ideas only, data collection, drafting the manuscript…). It was not that hard to keep track of things that were already initiated, but harder to remember the stroke of genius...

Being a good #mentee in academic medicine involves actively engaging in your professional development, maintaining effective communication with your mentor, and demonstrating a commitment to learning and growth. Here are some tips on how to be a good mentee: 

1. Initiate...