17
Dec
2020
A Grateful Physician Reflects on Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
Tonight, I will receive my first dose of vaccine against COVID-19. I’m a hospitalist on the front lines, taking care of patients with COVID-19 in Philadelphia. The progress of this year takes my breath away. One year ago, in December 2019 in China, people starting falling seriously ill with pneumonia-like symptoms. By January 2020, a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, was identified... Read More
24
Mar
2020
Doctor, Mother, CEO: Balancing Competing Needs, and Opting for the Front Lines
Yesterday I woke up on an island. I am temporarily – but purposefully — isolating myself and my two children, ages 10 and 12, in a familiar place that carries with it a slower rhythm from a different time. It’s our second home. It also happens that, on the first day of spring, there are still no cases of suspected... Read More