Emily Johnson

1 month ago | opmed.doximity.com | Joy Westerman |Emily Johnson |Michael Kirsch |Chris van Eyck

In 2024, Op-Med published more than 400 essays from Doximity members, who shared the good, the bad, the sad, the funny, and everything else that comes with working in medicine. It is from this group of writers that we bring you this year’s winners of the Op-Med Awards.

Jan 21, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Tasia Isbell |Lachlan Shiver |Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson

"Don’t take the main entrance into the hospital. Don’t wear your badge. Don’t appear as if you work in the hospital at all. Blend in.”This sobering advice came from hospital leadership two years ago as a campaign of misinformation took hold on social media, politicizing evidence-based mental health and medical treatment for young transgender people. That morning, as I shimmied into my usual pair of worn hospital scrubs, I felt a knot of fear tighten in my stomach.

Jan 13, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Douglas I. Katz |Emily Johnson |Zachary G Schwam |Chris van Eyck

Challenging Cases, 'Dumb' AI, and Old Friends: Musings on the 2024 RSNA’s Annual MeetingIt was again — to borrow a term from my son’s favorite author, Dav Pilkey — a ‘supa’ busy week at the 2024 annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting. The conference was held, as usual, in Chicago at McCormick Place, starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

Jan 13, 2025 | opmed.doximity.com | Emily Johnson |Zachary G Schwam |Chris van Eyck |Dinesh Arab

As a young child, I resented when people would say that my hair was blonde — because blonde was associated with “dumb,” and I was a kid who thought of herself as the opposite. Growing up, I defined myself by my school performance. In kindergarten, I even cried the one day I had to stay home sick and later wrote a piece arguing against the existence of summer break.