Kymberley Filip

Dec 14, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Jenny Jones |Heather Kristin Schopper |Kymberley Filip

One Saturday morning, I was lying in bed mentally planning my day. I had an afternoon shift in the ED, and beforehand, a stranger was coming by to pick up a piece of furniture I was selling online. I recall going through an unnecessarily lengthy decision-making process about whether to put on scrubs right away because wearing scrubs would inevitably lead to an uncomfortable Q&A about my job with the random Facebook Marketplace furniture buyer.

Dec 14, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Heather Kristin Schopper |Kymberley Filip |Chris van Eyck

Age is a funny thing. Part of my practice involves cosmetic surgery, injectables, lasers — the works. And more than nose jobs or hair restoration or skin resurfacing, people come in seeking help with turning back the clock. They hope for wrinkles to vanish, hollowness to plump, plumpness to tighten. There are gizmos, gadgets, and potions galore promising the return of youth. Others in my field build their whole careers on beating back the signs of aging and restoring the vigor of youth.

Dec 14, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Kymberley Filip |Chris van Eyck |Lisa Belisle

Have you ever looked at yourself in the mirror with so much embarrassment you didn’t know whether to laugh or cry? As I stood in the staff bathroom of the medical ICU staring at my tacky, sweat-stained Christmas sweater, I couldn’t decide either. Instead, I did both. The last hour of my life had been one of the most mortifying of my professional career. It all began earlier that morning.

Nov 16, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Melissa Schiffman |Brian B Gilmer |Jordan Frey |Kymberley Filip

Entering the exam room, I steeled myself for a difficult conversation. Mrs. S. had a new diagnosis of locally-advanced pancreatic cancer. I expected to discuss her fears about the condition, but what she really wanted to talk about was the indignities of her recent hospital stay. She had been admitted for abdominal pain after her endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, and was found to have post-procedure pancreatitis.

Nov 16, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Brian B Gilmer |Jordan Frey |Kymberley Filip |Tasia Isbell

Can AI Cure Physician Burnout? It’s 9 p.m. I’ve been home for a few hours. The dishes are done, the children are in bed, even the dogs are asleep. I open my laptop to do the two things common to many of us: finish clinic notes and sort through the inbox of patient questions, requests, and communications. For those of you who this does not apply to, I applaud you. But it is a statistical majority of physicians who do bring work home.