by Lisa Weaver, MD As we come to the end of this infamous year, I can’t help but reflect on how different this year turned out to be than I expected. When 2020 began, I imagined that the most challenging part of the year would be a long recovery from a skiing accident I had … More Mental Health in the Time of COVID

by Matthew Demarco, MD I was hurriedly rounding on my eight patients early one morning last month when I met one of my new patients who had been admitted overnight. She was a pleasant 85 year-old woman with severe dementia who had been admitted for a Hgb of 4.5. She had received 2U PRBCs and … More When the Most Caring Thing is Letting a Patient Die

by Jared Smith, MD Recently, we had new residents join our residency program and some great residents who moved on to the next step of their career. For the rest of us who are already in residency but not completing residency, this means advancing forward with new experiences and responsibilities. Over the last few weeks, … More Climbing Past Your Comfort Zone

by Collin Lash, MD I like to compare family medicine physicians to a Swiss Army knife, having the tools to provide healthcare to nearly any patient in any situation. Whether in the clinic or hospital, family physicians are equipped to provide acute, chronic, or preventative care to patients anywhere along the life cycle. Many of … More Promoting Healthcare Policy Within Family Medicine

by Nick Molby, DO I joined the United States Air Force as a way to help pay for medical school through the Health Professions Scholarship Program. I joined during my MS1 year, so only MS2 – MS4 were covered. I did not know what would happen or where my medical career would take me at … More My time as a Flight Surgeon in the USAF

by Tory Toles, MD Residency is hard. Family medicine residency is really hard. Learning all the skills necessary to take care of a broad range of patients, whether it be infant or grandparent, to needing the skills to cover emergency departments, ICUs and labor and delivery decks, can be quite daunting at times. Luckily, there … More Paddling Upstream