Blog
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Behind the scenes of this website!
Did you see the camouflaged initials of my full name in the close-up image? This website was created through Siegal Works, and the interactive features and beautiful artwork are attributable…
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Interrogating “other”: Inclusion has not been enough
The recent reaction to the shootings in California highlights the othering of Asian Americans. Asian Americans are variably set aside as a model minority, “privilege-adjacent”, … read my full article on Visible Magazine.
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If you care about your health, do this…
Bringing true care back into healthcare encounters is a welcome balm for the system problem of burnout. Learning to connect better.
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Calling all women in STEM:
Let’s more consciously create and use our networks! As an East Asian (Korean) woman in academic medicine, I am not statistically underrepresented, but there continues to be a “boy’s club”,…Read my…
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2021: From languish to anguish
I was defriended in 2021. By Email. Read about my journey of emotions on Medium.
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Confession from a female doctor
Can you be sexist and a female MD? I can shamefacedly answer the last question for myself. Read my article on MedPage Today’s KevinMD.com.
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A physician’s top 10 fears
My top 10 fears since COVID are listed on MedPage Today. Here’s the full Op-Ed.
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Is there more to patient safety than preventing medical error?
If I don’t feel emotionally safe in a health care encounter, is that also a violation of patient safety? Read my exploration into this topic on MedPage Today’s KevinMD.com.
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Doctor, you are still human
Prioritizing personal mental health and well-being remains essential. Read the Op-Ed piece written with Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD on MedPage Today.
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How to be heard
All of us should care about hearing loss and deafness and how to improve communication because the statistics suggest that we all interact with individuals affected by hearing loss or deafness. Read…
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Toward curing cancer
I write about What you must know as a patient about shared decision making in my article on Visible Magazine.
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Where to find God?
In math, love, the church, the backseat of a car, or the minds of children? My article, where I talk about my own personal beliefs and experience, can be found…
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HOW TO WRITE A BOOK WITH LISA TENER
Thank you to @LisaTener for posting an author interview on me and my book on doctor-patient connection. The interview covers some of my struggles, metaperception, and what I’ve learned through…
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A day that changed our lives
My daughter is allowing me to post this (her creation in 8th grade), but she wants me to put the caveats that she does NOT think some of the drawings…
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Perspective
This is designed by my daughter. I love the different views of the people, objects, colors, and light.
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Can people change?
Can people change? I asked this question of a psychoanalyst friend, one in the tradition of Sigmund Freud. This friend even has a couch on which his patients can (if…
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Derm60 and DP60 YouTube Channel
I have two awesome kids and we have an ongoing project, the Derm60 and DP60 YouTube Channel. Each video contains Dermatology and Dermatopathology clues and tips in about 60 seconds…
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What a cochlear implant looks like
If you’re not familiar, here’s what a cochlear implant looks like. My son received his when he was two years old. Here’s what he had to say in 4th grade: “The best…
