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Chapter 11:  Missed Milestones By Jane Doe, MD Today my son had his first interview for a job in his career.  I was not there to advise or assist or cheer.  I am here. My daughter returned to college last week, a drive of greater than a thousand...

Stanford School of Medicine Tackles Problem of Lack of Women Faculty with Bold Pilot Program In 1991, Stanford School of Medicine found itself with publicity it would rather not have–Neuroosurgeon Frances K. Conley, MD most publicly resigned...

Chapter 10:  A New Place, Again by Jane Doe, MD My place of fellowship training is a university system but a consortium of hospitals.  I am in a new location this week.  Each institution has a distinct culture I am told.  It is certainly true...

Be Guided by The Happy MD! Join the Mommy MD Guides to Guide Mothers! Who is the Happy MD?  What are the Mommy MD Guides?  Smart minds want to know!       The Happy MD–“The Heart of the Healer” Retreat September...

 Chapter 9–Life Happens to Everyone.  Paying Forward to Pay Back. By Jane Doe, MD I have what I hope to be a budding friendship with two of my peers for the coming year.  These are the only ones of the fifteen of us with whom I have been...

Five Tips to Tip You Off When You Might Want to Leave Advice on the Table Mentors are all about us.  Some of us rely on one or two, but most of us have serial mentors (or advisers) who help us through our careers and other parts of our life. One of...