Wendy Schofer

Jun 16, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Wendy Schofer |Lindsey Migliore |Jimmy Chen |Martin Young

I walked into my local improvisational comedy theater a few years ago and started taking classes to escape burnout and have some fun. It was so freaking difficult. Here I was, a frazzled, tightly-wound mid-career pediatrician, surrounded by all these creative, quirky folks from all walks of life who were just so funny. I kept hearing, “We don’t want to hear you on stage, Wendy,” meaning they wanted me to drop the character of being a professional, mom, and pediatrician.

Mar 27, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Wendy Schofer |Valerie Jones |Monique Tello |Lisa Chan

As Physicians Week and Doctors’ Day approach, I’m getting ready for the flurry of posts and memes that get shared on social media about the appreciation being extended to us. Whether it is from our patients, colleagues, or administration, the common theme seems to be: the pizza delivery to the breakroom (getting cold while I run around hair-on-fire seeing all the patients) and the CEO emailing, “Thank You, Providers” is not what we need.

Feb 3, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Wendy Schofer |Natasha Abadilla |Ellen Rand |Curtis G. Graham

My eyes fell upon a horrible newspaper headline from 2008: “Fat kids die earlier.” That is the first article that I remember talking about obesity in childhood, but there were plenty more in the early 2000s. At the time, I clipped it because it reinforced my approach at the time: identify issues, educate, act, and avoid. Over the past two decades, there has been an increase in the prevalence of children being diagnosed as overweight and obese. The jury is out on the specific reasons why.