Nisha Mehta

The average physician in the United States is already working more than a 40 hour work week and struggling with issues related to work-life balance. And yet, I’m a strong believer that physicians should have additional revenue streams and pursue other interests. Why? more...

As someone who talks to many physicians about burnout and life in medicine, I find myself having a lot of discussions about the circumstances of people's jobs. Almost inevitably, there comes a point in the conversation where someone expresses dissatisfaction about an more...

EXAMINATION: Analysis of physician burnout. CLINICAL INDICATION: Increasing use of term physician burnout, particularly via social media, and need to address associated connotations/perceptions. TECHNIQUE: Non-scientific retrospective review of popular published pieces more...

An African American female physician was prevented from providing help to a passenger in distress on a Delta airlines flight because she didn't fit the flight attendant's image of what a doctor looked like. The racial and gender issues that this event highlight are more...

Women physicians are a testament to evolution; they’ve spent years, decades even, navigating through systems that do anything but cater to their unique needs, and actually find a way to thrive within these systems. more...

In a time of rising health care costs, it’s hard to talk about the financial strife of physicians, who as a whole over time do very well financially. We see the bills from our doctor’s office, and it’s hard to imagine why anybody would complain about the upfront more...

1. You either over or under-react to everything related to your child’s health. Your kid chokes? You perform the Heimlich and are back to dinner conversation 2 minutes later. Your infant spits up a little more than usual after their introduction to rice cereal? You more...

Many of my best friends are in the medical field, and there are practical reasons for that. That said, I don’t think I could survive without the perspective of my equally good friends outside of medicine. In one way or the other, they are always reminding me of the more...