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BRONCHIOLITIS, BABY
Tis the season, or rather, not the season. Every time mid-winter rolls around, pediatricians are inundated with viral illnesses causing...
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Tea
- Nov 19, 2020
- 2 min
CONSIDERING PHM FELLOWSHIP? READ THIS!
WOW. It has been the best two weeks of fellowship so far. These two weeks embodied exactly why I chose to purse a fellowship—you’re never...
Tea
- Aug 5, 2020
- 2 min
PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL MEDICINE: FELLOWSHIP & MORE
The world of pediatric hospital medicine is growing exponentially. Here is a quick overview.
Tea
- Feb 9, 2019
- 1 min
MEDICAL JOURNALISM ELECTIVE AT ABC NEWS
On Monday I will be starting a month-long elective at ABC News as part of their medical team...
Tea
- Feb 8, 2019
- 2 min
NETWORKING & MEDICINE
“I love networking!” said no pre-med student ever. To be honest, I don’t think most pre-med students even know what “networking” actually...
Tea
- Jan 27, 2019
- 1 min
PALLIATIVE CARE: Reflections
I just completed my two-week elective on the Palliative Care Team and I wanted to share some of my reactions to my initial post. 1. I am...
Tea
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
PALLIATIVE CARE ELECTIVE: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
What is palliative care? I started my palliative care elective this week without fully understanding the field and what it entails. On...
Tea
- Jan 1, 2019
- 2 min
RESIDENCY IS ENDING
It’s January 1, 2019 and that means I have exactly six months left of residency. Residency! I didn’t even know what residency was when I...
Tea
- Dec 2, 2018
- 1 min
SURVIVING MEDICINE
Last month I had the honor of being interviewed by the incredible Frank Cusimano, a D.O./Ph.D. candidate who, in the midst of the last...
Tea
- Aug 13, 2018
- 2 min
I LOVE PLATINUM
Forget gold, platinum is my latest obsession—and I’m not talking about the jewelry. In residency we often work three out of four weekends...
Tea
- May 17, 2018
- 2 min
MY FIRST CODE
Pediatrics is unique in that, unlike internal medicine, codes are not a daily occurrence. What is a “code,” exactly? It’s when the...
Tea
- Mar 26, 2018
- 3 min
FREE TO FAIL
Failure. It’s everywhere, but in medicine we tend to avoid it like the plague (hehe). We can’t seem to accept the concept of failure. I...
Tea
- Mar 17, 2018
- 3 min
YOU MATCHED! NOW WHAT?
Congratulations, the past four years of hard work have paid off and you’ve landed your first job as a doctor! I remember that day quite...
Tea
- Feb 20, 2018
- 2 min
RANK SMART, MATCH HAPPY
I remember the first time I tried to explain to my now-husband that I didn't have much say over where I/we might end up after medical...
Tea
- Feb 7, 2018
- 3 min
STUDY, BUDDY!
Studying doesn't end when residency starts. Starting with your first in-training exam and Step 3 to your specialty board exam, you have...
Tea
- Jan 26, 2018
- 2 min
RESEARCH ADVENTURES
My first venture into research was at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (where Watson & Crick discovered DNA!) summer science camp. The sole...
Tea
- Jan 17, 2018
- 2 min
#PREMED #STUDENTATHLETE
College is about more than just academics. It is the perfect place to discover your passions and grow into them. My passion happened to...
Tea
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
THE START OF SOMETHING NEW
On a bright and unusually warm fall morning, it hit me that I was almost halfway done with my residency training! It must have been...