March 5th, 2020
Should We Avoid Exposing Residents to Coronavirus?
Eric Bressman, MD
The arrival of the novel COVID-19 to the U.S., and the inevitability of its eventual spread, raises an interesting question: Should we avoid exposing residents to the virus? Before we try to answer this question, we should start with some important qualifiers. While a good deal about this novel virus remains unknown, the majority of […]
February 26th, 2020
Medicare for All: The Healthcare Our Nation Needs
Frances Ue, MD, MPH
Over a month into the new year and feels like the world around us is in grave peril. There are many reasons to lose hope: the climate crisis with Australia’s wildfires, the evolving COVID-19 epidemic, the acquittal of the President’s impeachment charges, and the list goes on. Combined with long hours, sick patients, and seemingly never-ending […]
February 18th, 2020
How Can Attendings Affect Resident Burnout?
Daniel Orlovich, MD, PharmD
A Sad Short Story Harvard medical school. Stanford general surgery training. Northwestern vascular surgery fellowship. Suicide. This devastating path, taken by a 33-year-old trainee in 2010, is not unique. An estimated one physician commits suicide every single day in the U.S. alone (JAMA 2014; 312:1725). A number of these lives are taken on the hospital premises, places […]
February 6th, 2020
I’m Graduating from Residency! What’s Next?
Prarthna Bhardwaj, MD
My whole life, I have always wanted to do something that will be remembered. Becoming a physician was a hard but well-thought-out choice. Toward the end of my residency, I knew I wanted to be a hematologist-oncologist, but I had no idea what type of career pathway I wanted to pursue. During the APDIM Chief Resident Annual Meeting last year, […]
January 31st, 2020
Sorry, We’re Transitioning
Allison Latimore, MD
“We are transitioning.” In July of my intern year, this was the sentence that the CEO of our community hospital used to tell the staff that the hospital was closing its inpatient services. The emotions that traversed my mind were quite vast, to say the least. Anger was undeniably at the top of the list, […]
January 22nd, 2020
The ACGME Needs to Mandate Parental Leave
Eric Bressman, MD
My wife and I had a baby a few months ago. Or, more accurately, she birthed a child while I sat in the corner contemplating the miracle of reproductive physiology in a vasovagal fugue. In the months leading up to and following that wondrous moment, we found ourselves navigating the labyrinthine complexity of parental leave in […]
January 16th, 2020
Reflections of an Aspiring Clinician-Educator
Frances Ue, MD, MPH
Recently, I had the pleasure of hiking up Roys Peak in South Island, New Zealand. A challenging 1586-meter summit that offered magnificent views of Lake Wanaka and snow-capped mountains of the Southern Alps. On this hike, devoid of phone calls and pages, I reflected on my journey as an aspiring clinician-educator. Many of us (like […]
December 19th, 2019
Yogurt – The Cure to Resident Burnout
Daniel Orlovich, MD, PharmD
What is the latest answer to resident burnout? It may surprise you. Recent research from a large Midwest academic center suggests that not one but two dollops of yogurt may help stymie resident burnout. “When we first started to look at the reasons why so many residents were burned out, we couldn’t understand it,” stated the […]
December 12th, 2019
Why Did I Spend an Extra Year as a Chief Resident?
Prarthna Bhardwaj, MD
I was in conversation with a residency applicant recently when we broached the topic of my career plans. I explained that I was interested in pursuing a hematology/oncology fellowship in the future. He asked “Why did you do a chief year, then? Were you trying to improve your application?” At first, I was somewhat offended, […]
December 3rd, 2019
To HBCU or not to HBCU? That Is the Question.
Allison Latimore, MD
Finding my home There were a sea of students sitting in the auditorium, and parents were all directed to the balconies. The sound of trumpets began to blare, and the bodies of the marching band swayed rhythmically. Five minutes after soaking in the music, the ambiance, and the liveliness of Howard University, my sister and […]
2019-2020 Chief Resident Panel
Prarthna Bhardwaj, MD, MBBS
Eric Bressman, MD
Allison Latimore, MD
Daniel Orlovich, MD, PharmD
Frances Ue, MD, MPH
Resident chiefs in hospital, internal, and family medicine
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