By Lauren Klingman “Ok, sweetie, you’re going to feel a little bit of pressure.” …

By Samad Khan, MD Fear, anger, sadness, joy, disgust, surprise, trust, anticipation; Plutchick. Love, envy, indignation, pity, benevolence, shame, courage, friendship; Aristotle. All instinctive and intuitive sentiments as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge, which makes us fragile human beings. Experience youth, undergo a transformation, adapt to diversity, persevere education, culture…

By Asha Devereaux, MD, MPH At the recent American College of Chest Physicians CHEST conference in Austin, Texas, I gave a talk on Disaster Preparedness for Oxygen-dependent patients and Out-patient physicians on behalf of its Disaster and Global Health Network. …

By Gul Madison, MD The medical resident has seen the new Infectious Diseases consultation and she is presenting the patient in a matter of fact manner: “40-year-old male with a history of diabetes type 2, hypertension, homelessness, chronic right leg wound which has been draining purulent discharge for the past…

By Andrew Nimmich, MD You’re getting so close to graduating from medical school and moving on to your first job as an M.D. Congratulations. You are probably filled with optimism as you prepare for “The Match” and the days of travel and interviews ahead of you. Prepare to be available…

By Olaf Kroneman, MD A recent op-ed piece in the New England Journal of Medicine, written by a fourth-year medical student, Mr. Leo Eisenstein, suggests that physicians should organize to fight burnout. The student reminds us that burnout was described by Dr. Herbert Frudenberger in 1974. Dr. …

By Christopher Storey, MD and Connor McGuigan The education of physicians in the United States is in revolution. New York University is offering full scholarships to its medical students. There are calls to disrupt the eight-year college-medical school admissions pathways. …

By Margaret A. Pisani, M.D., M.P.H. I recently attended the American College of Chest Physicians conference in San Antonia where I was part of a panel of speakers titled “Challenges for Women in Medicine.” This session addressed three areas, imposter syndrome, breaking the glass ceiling and mentorship which was my…

By James Henderson, MD Months ago I decided that this was great, CHEST was coming to my hometown. San Antonio is a great tourist city composed of a combination of many little cities all united by hospitality, community, and highways. Obviously, everyone knows the city for the Alamo, the RiverWalk…