Dear Editor:
I read your Fall 2020 issue on Women and Diversity with great interest. Drs. Kamilla Esfahani and Allison Bechtel highlighted leadership development seminars at the University of Virginia titled, Women in Anesthesia and Women in Surgery, conducted in early 2020. Among the featured topics, the role of language in reflecting, and likely furthering, our gender … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor: Comments on Language Reflecting Gender Bias
Anneke Schroen, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Surgery
University of Virginia
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: Comments on Language Reflecting Gender Bias
If They Asked Me, I Could Write a Book
By Paul Rein, DO
The 1940 musical Pal Joey had a great song, “I could write a Book”. That title is apropos as to what I could write about the COVID19 pandemic. I’ve been around longer than most of you, but this event is unrivaled as to what it has done to America, and hopefully, as I have said to many people during training: “Mistakes give you experience, and experience prevents mistakes.” The … [Read more...] about If They Asked Me, I Could Write a Book
By Paul Rein, DO
Physician Burnout – A Few Thoughts
By Paul Rein, DO
Physician burnout is one of the big topics of the day. As an older anesthesiologist I am fascinated by the burnout discussion. I wonder how we got to this point where burnout is such a major topic. I finished my residency in 1982, and became an assistant professor at MCV.
After four and-a-half years, I entered the private practice world where I still am. I am fortunate to have … [Read more...] about Physician Burnout – A Few Thoughts
By Paul Rein, DO
Letter to the Editor
By John J. Danyi, MD
By John J. Danyi, MD
I spent 30 years practicing anesthesia, half of that as a member of the VSA, until two years ago. It was then, after enormous stress, that I attempted suicide.
I’d never heard about physician wellness programs. I was not aware that physicians had a much higher rate of suicide in the general population, or that anesthesiologists had a much higher risk … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor
By John J. Danyi, MD