Recent Publications

  • The Cry

    5 Minute Lit. | 2023

    Standing between her mother’s legs, I cradled this tiny baby, still floating in her sac. I held her whole world in my hands…

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  • Weathering the Weather

    Intima | 2023

    Outside the wind is whipping around, trees bending and swaying, rain drops creating puddles everywhere…

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  • Moses

    5 Minute Lit. | 2022

    The sun is high and hot. The nettles and overgrowth scratch our ankles…

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Other Publications

  • Do you have what it takes to be an OB-GYN?

    After Rounds | 2020

    When people ask me why I chose to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, I respond, "Do you want the short answer or the real answer?"

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  • A Brief Life

    Hekint | 2020

    I felt his legs wiggling in the sac of warm fluid surrounding him. His body was so tiny, his kicks were like a feather passing…

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  • Birthing During a Pandemic

    Please See Me | 2020

    Sweat fell from her forehead and fear spilled from her eyes. Her gaze darted from me to her husband to the nurse…

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  • Building Trust With Patients

    After Rounds | 2020

    My next patient is 27 weeks pregnant and getting her diabetic screening test. I drag my feet a little heading to her room because I also have to have the dreaded vaccine talk…

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  • A look at shared decision-making with patients

    After Rounds | 2020

    Shared decision-making with patients makes it possible for a patient and their physician to choose an appropriate care plan…

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  • What is patient satisfaction and why does it matter?

    After Rounds | 2020

    In some ways, patient satisfaction has become as important as providing good medical care. But what exactly does "patient satisfaction" mean?

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  • How to communicate bad news to patients

    After Rounds | 2020

    On a cold winter evening, Marc runs into the grocery store for some last-minute ingredients. He wants to surprise his family with homemade pasta when they arrive later from out of town…

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  • When the Caregiver Must Surrender to Caregivers

    Doximity | 2019

    A jolt of pain shot up my back. Oh shit! I immediately stopped rowing. I continued my “high intensity” work out with some modifications, not saying a peep…

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  • My Friend, My Patient

    Pulse | 2018

    Seeing patients in my ob/gyn office this morning, I try to stave off the mild nervousness rumbling inside of me. My good friend Monica is having a C-section this afternoon, and I’m performing it.

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  • I Lost My Daughter but Found a Son

    Doximity | 2018

    “PSA — worms are everywhere when it rains so be careful not to step on the long boys.” My son tweeted that on a recent spring day…

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  • The First Time I Attended A Patient Funeral

    Doximity | 2018

    I stood at the doorway of the funeral home, a 26-year-old woman lying in the open casket off to the side. Standing out among the crowd of mourners was a tall man holding his one-year-old daughter…

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  • Too Close for Comfort

    Pulse | 2017

    Many years ago, on a busy day in my obstetrics-and-gynecology office, one of my partner’s patients came in for “bleeding, early pregnancy.”

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