This book review highlights Dr. Marty Makary’s exploration of how groupthink, tradition, and flawed assumptions have led medicine astray despite its many advances. Reflecting on the COVID-19 pandemic and broader medical history, the review praises Makary’s call for humility, open inquiry, and a renewed commitment to truth. Rather than discrediting medicine, the book challenges physicians to confront dogma and pursue evidence-based reform with integrity and courage.

Striving for excellence as a physician requires intentionality, lifelong learning, humility, and surrounding yourself with excellent peers.

As we seek to combat the epidemic of obesity, doctors can show the way by engaging in regular physical fitness.

There is an old phrase that exhorts us to "Lead by example."  Stated differently, some say that more is "Caught than taught."  The...

What does it mean to be an academic physician? This speech explores the four pillars of academic medicine and the importance of excellence.

POCUS is the use of ultrasound by physicians at the bedside. This paper looks at the effects on cost when POCUS is used.

Healthcare is a $4.3 trillion industry extracts a high cost on patients. This book explores drivers of cost and ways to reduce waste.

The calluses on our hands tell our story an allow us to face the difficulties in life that we encounter.

As a healthcare graduate you are about to embark on a career with incredible opportunities and challenges.

Between the 24/7 demand for care and the physician ethos, medicine demands a lot of time, unfortunately at the expense of time with family.

How resilient are physicians? Is there a correlation between resilience and burnout?

Unless you’re a dermatologist, it is hard to see disease that is more than skin deep. This amazing organ system that protects us from so...

Medicine is an an awesome privilege to play a small part in the lives of our patients that may have an impact that ripples in eternity.

Healthcare burnout has become a problem of epic proportions facing out healthcare system today requiring systems-based solutions.

Healthcare is a team sport. It takes a team approach to develop meaningful, effective, and multifaceted solutions to healthcare burnout.

Burnout is a colossal issue in healthcare with negative impacts not just the provider but on families, patients and the healthcare system.