Balance: A Work in Progress

physician: writer: family

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My journey to balance family, work, and water polo.

How Do You Know When Someone Is Broken?

Apr 20, 2018 | Balance, Burnout, Change, Healthcare Reform, Medicine, Parenting, Transformation

How do you know when someone is broken? When their spirit is fractured? When...

Crater Lake and the Weight of Snow

Apr 3, 2018 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager, Transformation

Minutes into my early morning run, the howl of a lone coyote broke the silence...

Two Doctors, One Patient, the Chicago Cubs and a Common Goal

Feb 14, 2018 | Balance, End of life, Medical

This piece was written together with a friend and colleague Chadi Nabhan, an...

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Published Work

I saved an old man’s life. He didn’t want it.

My patient was 25, and I knew she was dying. How could I tell her?

All Published Work

Podcasts

Improving End of Life Card with Jeremy Topin – on Outspoken Oncology Podcast

A Journey From Burnout to Balance – Jeremy and Becky on the Relational Rounds Podcast

Photo Credit Kathleen Sheffer Photography