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    Heart in Bloom

    July 31, 2025

      "Heart in Bloom" is a 2025 National Hospitalist Day HM Voices Contest Winner "I was on my cardiology service when I painted this piece. The hospital I was rotating at had its mission...

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    The Primary Drivers of Burnout

    July 30, 2025

    I have read many essays on physician burnout over the years. However, I feel that the nail has yet to be hit directly on the head regarding this insidious scourge afflicting our profession. Most...

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    Who Do You Trust?

    July 30, 2025

    In the Age of “Make America Healthy Again,” Universities Must Lead the Charge Against Health Misinformation It was a Tuesday morning on the Caltrain. A young woman sat across from me with her...

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    Little Feet in Big Halls: Experiencing the World of a HM Conference

    July 1, 2025

    SHM Converge 2025 was another successful meeting of the minds and gave me the opportunity to learn and network. This year was particularly special since the spring break of two of my children...

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    Finding My Path in Inpatient Medicine: A Family Medicine Resident’s Reflection

    June 25, 2025

    My name is Mehran, and I’m currently transitioning into my second year as a family medicine resident at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I chose this specialty with a deep passion for...

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    Reflections After Attending on an Oncology Hospitalist Service for Three Years

    June 24, 2025

    1. The Privilege of Immediate Impact Unlike many inpatient services, the oncology hospitalist role often means managing pivotal moments in a patient’s cancer journey. The admission might reflect a...

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    A Face to Face

    February 11, 2025

    In late 2022, I began developing notable facial discoloration that was spreading around my temples, then periorbitally, and eventually down my cheeks. After two rounds of biopsies, it was eventually...

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    Hope in Tough Times

    February 3, 2025

    Scanning the labs of the woman I am admitting from the emergency department, I see a calcium of 12. “Oh no,” the thought jumps to the front of my mind, “This might be from a recurrence of her...

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    Lost Hope

    January 15, 2025

    As I enter his room, I am taken aback He’s healthy and strong And his eyes full of spark He’s pleading to me please don’t give me bad news Give me something to hold to, some hope I can...

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    Pleading Eyes

    January 15, 2025

    His yellow eyes, his yellow skin, kept watching me As I enter in His soul was begging to keep going Although inside me, I was knowing He wouldn’t last another week He would be gone within a...