The Art of the Pivot: aka How to Tell Your Department Chair You're Starting a Real Estate Empire

First of all, my path has always been clear - Just kidding - I wasn't even sure that I wanted to do academic medicine. I just thought that I would not go back to academic medicine if I started in...

Revamp Your To-Do List Today!

I bet that you are juggling an overwhelming array of responsibilities - from patient care and research to teaching and administrative duties to social and family obligations. After a very short while, the demands on your time and attention seem endless. 

As a physician, you might find yourself grappling with a challenge many of us have faced: the struggle to feel and process emotions. 

For most of my career, I didn’t know how I felt—most of the time, I didn’t even think about it. As a child, I remember experiencing a...

At the start of a new career there are a myriad of opportunities, responsibilities, and expectations - all of which require you to make decisions. This is especially true as you transition from being a learner who is frequently told what to do into an attending who is expected to know the...

Continuing from last week’s blog, we are talking about how to balance your roles as a busy clinician and prolific researcher. This topic is relevant whether you are new to academic medicine or have been doing this for a few years. 

We previously discussed the importance of...

Lessons Learned from Taylor Swift

I recently had the opportunity to go to a Taylor Swift show at Wembley Stadium. And while I was excited to see the woman, the myth, the legend, I probably only know about 10 songs (and could really sing only the chorus on most). However, surrounded by...

For too long, we have taught physicians that patients’ needs and well-being comes above our own AT ALL COSTS. But this is simply ridiculous. And the argument that we can take care of ourselves so that we are not too burnt out to take the best care of our patients continues to make our own...

Strategic Career Planning in Academic Medicine: A Roadmap to Success

I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING

As I started out in academic medicine, I was excited, eager to make my mark, and woefully unclear on how to hold onto my precious free time. I knew that I wanted to study and publish...