December 16 2017 by Neel Desai, M.D. "True tragic. The proper composition of your support team is not “colleagues and family." It is “friends, colleagues and family.” Honest friendships can save your life and isolation can snatch it away." …
A New Mantra for Modern Times By Neel Desai, M.D. Something came up in my mind the other day. It had to do with something one of our Medical Influencers said in one of his daily Facebook LiveCasts - Dr.…
The Hidden Curriculum by Neel Desai, M.D. I have the pleasure of teaching 1st and 2nd-year medical students and their introduction to clinical medicine in primary care. One of my students, let’s call him Kayden, asked me an interesting question…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5843124/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] "After a multitude of discussions with family and friends, I realized that each one of us has our own unique view of death depending on our culture, religion, profession, etc. Death can be seen as a…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5613329/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] Hey everyone, this is Taylor Brana, the founder of The Happy Doc! I wanted to do a little reflection piece this week, after finishing my first month of intern year in the Emergency department, and starting…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5591520/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450" placement="top"]And then one day I shook my fist to the heavens and demanded my life. This isn't my life, I'm not going to live like this anymore, I demand my life. And then within 24 hours my whole…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5566246/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] I felt like they were trying to slaughter my soul in medical education. I held onto it... the way that I did that by the way was to continue crying and feeling, I refused to get…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5543958/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] You take healthcare back by giving physicians the ability to be innovative and creative... that's how you hack the system from inside Introduction This week it is truly a pleasure to introduce Neel Desai, Family physician,…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5353632/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] I remember when I signed my contract and decided I was joining my colleague in her practice, I actually started crying because I was so excited... because this was my lifelong dream to be out on…
[podcast src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5332703/height/90/width/450/theme/custom/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="450"] Stop the shaming: “We should refrain ourselves from doing intra-shaming: medical student shaming, intern shaming, and physician shaming. We try to build this competitive culture (which is very good to keeping the standard of medicine), but…