by Jeremy Topin | Aug 4, 2017 | Balance, Change, Medicine, Parenting
“Why don’t people’s hearts tell them to continue to follow their dreams?” the boy asked the alchemist. “Because that’s what makes the heart suffer most, and hearts don’t like to suffer.” ...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 30, 2017 | Balance, End of life, End of Life Care, Medical Education, Medicine
“This was published first in the Washington Post electronically on 7/29/2017 and will come out in print this Tuesday. Click here for the link. The comments so far in the paper have overall been quite emotional and angry in their response. I am happy to...
by Jeremy Topin | Jul 2, 2017 | Balance, Change, Medical Education, Medicine
July is just around the corner. For hospitals it’s a dynamic time. A changing of the guard. Graduating residents moving on and new interns, fresh out of medical school with their clean and crisp long white coats, moving in. Out with the old, in with the new. The ICU...
by Jeremy Topin | Jun 12, 2017 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Medicine, Parenting
And you may find yourselfBehind the wheel of a large automobileAnd you may find yourself in a beautiful houseWith a beautiful wifeAnd you may ask yourself, wellHow did I get here? -Talking Heads A middle aged father, critical care...
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 29, 2016 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Medicine
“Ch-ch-changesDon’t want to be a richer manCh-ch-ch-ch-changesTurn and face the strangeCh-ch-changesJust gonna have to be a different manTime may change meBut I can’t trace time” -David Bowie Months have passed since I last wrote. Thoughts, musings, topics have...
by Jeremy Topin | Oct 29, 2014 | Balance, Burnout, Medicine, Parenting
It is September 2012, a bit chilly out, a mist of rain that night, and I find myself a few feet from the stage, packed amongst several hundred others at the Metro. Bob Mould comes out with his new band and promptly starts playing the first song from Copper Blue,...
