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From Patient Care to Mentorship: Sustaining Professional Relevance

H. Paul Putman III, MD

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Online Gambling Among Gen Z Youth: Risks and Tips to Prevent Gambling Addiction

Gene Beresin, MD

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Medicine is Full of Irreconcilable Tensions

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The Problem with the Healthcare Advisory Committee

Scott D Tzorfas, MD

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They Needed Three Full-Time Employees. They Offered Me One Salary

Candice Elam, DNP, FNP-C, AAHIVS, CDCES

May 26, 2026 Link to They Needed Three Full-Time Employees. They Offered Me One Salary

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What Really Shapes the Course of a Physician's Career?

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I’m a Child Psychiatrist, and I Don’t Think Smartphones Are the Problem

Rebecca Krill, MD

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Why Can't I Convince My Parents To Get Preventive Screening?

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Why I Open an AI After Difficult Cases

Chester Shermer, MD

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Read How Can We Bring Back ‘Permanence’ In Medicine?

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How Can We Bring Back ‘Permanence’ In Medicine?

Join Y. Luh, MD

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The Magic of a Physician-Owned Hospital

Brennan David Kruszewski, MD

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Clinicians Do Not Need a Perfect Path to Start Writing for the Public

Lindsey Ulin, MD

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I Pray Before I Walk Into Some Rooms, And Not for the Reasons You Think

Onaola Adedeji, MD

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We Need a Community-Driven Leaderboard for Medical Schools

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When I Realized I Was Part of the Sepsis

Shannon Marie Foster, MD, FACS

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The Most Shocking Thing I Saw on 'The Pitt' As a Doctor

Fara M Bellows, MD

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Practicing Medicine Sure Beats Cleaning Gutters

Samuel Cross, MD

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Anger Has a Place in Medicine

Brinda Sarathy, MD

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Read The Quiet Humility of an Outdated EHR

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The Quiet Humility of an Outdated EHR

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An Open Letter from the Medical Community on America’s Road Deaths

Jonathan Slotkin, MD and 1 other

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Are We Practicing Medicine or Damage Control?

Brendan Ross, MD

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