Lynne Lederman

2 weeks ago | opmed.doximity.com | Richard Allen |Lynne Lederman |Anjali Misra

“I believe I have a personal responsibility to make a positive impact on society.” – Dr. Anthony FauciI’ve thought a lot over the years about how to maximize my positive impact in the world. The word “impact” has been thrown around somewhat loosely in medicine.

1 month ago | opmed.doximity.com | Stephanie E. Moss |Elijah Abass |Najya Williams |Lynne Lederman

As a psychiatry resident, I was drawn to this field for a simple reason: We take the time to listen. In a medical system that often prioritizes lab values over lived experience, psychiatry dares to sit with patients and say, “I believe you.”But before I put on my Patagonia with an embroidered “MD,” I was a patient asking for someone to listen to my health concerns.

1 month ago | opmed.doximity.com | Najya Williams |Elijah Abass |Stephanie E. Moss |Lynne Lederman

When I first started medical school, I had no idea how I’d get through it. The first two years were intensely difficult, with the newly overwhelming workload, countless exams, and the far-sighted goal of actually talking to patients. I still remember my biochemistry block, where we learned about the process of glycogen storage and energy metabolism on a cellular level.

1 month ago | opmed.doximity.com | Elijah Abass |Najya Williams |Stephanie E. Moss |Lynne Lederman

“Hey man, I’m proud of you.” I stood next to Tony’s hospital bed, his room bathed in harsh fluorescent lighting and covered in drab ’90’s wallpaper. His words, which he said after I wrapped up my disjointed cranial nerve exam, caught me off guard. I was one month into my internal medicine rotation, the first of my third year, still learning how to present to attendings, perform physical exams, and navigate the hospital’s indecipherable EMR. Everything was new and difficult.

1 month ago | opmed.doximity.com | Lynne Lederman |Aditya Jain |Jay Shah |Hillary McDonald

“Driving Knowledge to Action: Building a Better Future” is the presidential theme for this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting, May 30 to June 3 in Chicago and online. The opening session will include addresses by Robin Zon, ASCO president, Ruth Porat, president and CIO of Alphabet and Google, and author Douglas Abrams, who will speak on mental immunity and borrowing hope in times of crisis. A record-breaking 7,775 abstracts were submitted; of those, 3,200 were selected for presentation.