Opinion: Motherhood and medicine should mix. So why is it such a struggle?
I've learned to deal with the overt discrimination that comes with being a visual minority in medicine. Resistance against my being a mother, on the other hand, seemed to be…
Women who become doctors must often choose between motherhood and medicine. I’m a mother and a surgeon. I never thought of choosing between the two, even though my employers often asked me to.
Today I work as a trauma surgeon in a busy practice. It’s been a long journey since the day five years ago when I sat outside the office of the chairman of surgery at a prestigious hospital to interview for my first job.
As my husband and I dressed our children for day care that morning, I felt proud to show them that their mom could follow her dreams. After six years of grueling training, I was finally going to be a trauma surgeon.
Wearing a long
