Work-Life Balance
Our Workplaces Must Become More Humane
I was the third of four anesthesiologists in our group to fall ill in little more than a year.
OCTOBER 9, 2023
To Take Call or Not: That Is the Question
In the universe of decisions related to choosing a practice, it seems that the factors most germane to consider are ...
SEPTEMBER 4, 2023
Burnout: Observations by a Veteran General Surgeon
It seems the common denominator for general surgeons is a new syndrome that has become a 21st-century household ...
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Eliminating 24-Hour Call: Does It Work?
For acute care surgeons, a standard schedule often includes an average of seven days of 24-hour in-house call every ...
JUNE 2, 2021
Surgeon in a Strange Land
Coming to the hospital on a Sunday morning after a busy Friday night call seems like a schedule that has been ...
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
Battling Physician Burnout at the Institutional Level
A lifelong Buddhist with a daily meditation practice, Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, a professor and the chair of surgery ...
JULY 5, 2019
