Reflecting on a Difficult Year
2020 is finally over. Officially done. We've said goodbye to this dreadful year and it almost feels surreal that it has actually ended....
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kelterman
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
Advice to Aspiring Medical Students on Work-Life Balance
I recently met a student and aspiring surgeon who asked me if I was happy with anesthesiology, as well as a career in medicine in...
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kelterman
- Nov 17, 2020
- 4 min
On Being a Mother First
It is a little after 9 am. I am about to start the second of a long list of endoscopy cases, when my phone rings. I glance briefly at the...
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kelterman
- Nov 16, 2020
- 4 min
Far-Reaching Effects of Medical School Debt
From a young age, I knew I wanted to be a physician. There were no physicians in my family, but I had interacted frequently with doctors...
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kelterman
- Nov 15, 2020
- 2 min
The Difficulty of Defining Success
Residency is a time of immense learning. You learn from your attendings, your patients, and your colleagues. Of all the “teaching...
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kelterman
- Nov 14, 2020
- 2 min
Who Am I?
This is a question I have found myself considering repeatedly in recent years. When I was younger, it was easy to answer – I was an...
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