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Ask Your Colleagues If They Are Part of Their Professional Organizations

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David N Hackney, MD

Mar 2, 2026

Read What's More Important Than Investing In Your 401(k)article image
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What's More Important Than Investing In Your 401(k)

Bryan Jepson, MD

Feb 23, 2026 Link to What's More Important Than Investing In Your 401(k)

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The G Forces That Taught Me As a Physician

Avishek Kumar, MD

Feb 23, 2026 Link to The G Forces That Taught Me As a Physician

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My Practice Was the Victim of White Collar Crime

Andrea Hayes, MD

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I’m Only As Confident As My Last Patient

Liana Meffert, MD

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What Health Care Can Learn from Other Professions About Reentry

Edward Rose, MD

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There's No Billing Code For Connection

Eli Brennan

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Primary Care is Dying and Taking Patient Safety With It

Irene Teper, MD

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What a Veteran Police Officer Taught Me About Compassion in Medicine

Kenneth Michael Lankin, MD, MPH

Sep 11, 2025 Link to What a Veteran Police Officer Taught Me About Compassion in Medicine

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Finding Human Moments in the Scripted World of Medicine

Allison Oliva, MD

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Read The Necessity of Refining and Improving Our Communication Skills in Medicinearticle image
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The Necessity of Refining and Improving Our Communication Skills in Medicine

Emily Johnson, MD

Aug 11, 2025 Link to The Necessity of Refining and Improving Our Communication Skills in Medicine

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The Enemy of Good

Allison Oliva, MD

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Navigating Communication Challenges in Aesthetic Medicine

Shitel Dineshbhai Patel, MD

Jul 21, 2025 Link to Navigating Communication Challenges in Aesthetic Medicine

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A Doctor's Bedside Lessons on Life and Death

Ilan Bernstein, MD

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As a Hijabi Doctor, I Found Myself Repeatedly Questioned

Magda G Osman, MD

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The Questions That Changed the Answers

Ashley Evette Ingram-T'Siobbel, DNP

Jul 7, 2025 Link to The Questions That Changed the Answers

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The Shortcomings of Stoicism in Medicine

Dimitrios Tsatiris, MD

Jun 30, 2025 Link to The Shortcomings of Stoicism in Medicine

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The Hidden Impact of PTSD

Lawrence E Mieczkowski, MD

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An Honest Look at Life's Inevitable Conclusion

Neha Sahota

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What My Breast Cancer Diagnosis at 40 Taught Me About Medicine

Nicole Hight, MD, FAAP

May 22, 2025 Link to What My Breast Cancer Diagnosis at 40 Taught Me About Medicine

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How Healthy is Your Health Care Professional?

Hillary McDonald, PA

May 15, 2025 Link to How Healthy is Your Health Care Professional?

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Medicine Was A ’Safe Choice,’ But it Stifled My Autonomy

Mahsa Ava Sohrab, MD

Apr 25, 2025 Link to Medicine Was A ’Safe Choice,’ But it Stifled My Autonomy