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The practice of medicine is both time-consuming and mentally challenging. In the past few years, many stories of physician burnout have been in the news as well as articles on how ideas of work-life balance are changing. But is there any data to guide us to where the sweet spot of vacation really is?
The AOA’s Journal of Osteopathic Medicine (JOM) recently received a prestigious journal impact factor (JIF) from Clarivate. JIFs gauge the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year and are also used to determine the significance of a journal by analyzing the number of times its articles are cited.
As a pediatric resident, I wanted to further explore my interest in pediatric rheumatology in a nonclinical setting. To achieve this goal, I recently partnered with The Arthritis Foundation’s New Jersey chapter to create a virtual community talk with patients and their parents about juvenile rheumatic diseases. The event not only helped me delve deeper … Read More
Recently, wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui have burned large swaths of land, destroyed thousands of buildings and decimated the town Lahaina. The fires have killed at least 115 people, and hundreds remain missing, according to The Guardian. The fires are now considered the worst natural disaster in Hawaii state history.
In September 2021, legislators brought forward bills in the House and Senate to recognize Sept. 17 as “National Physician Suicide Awareness Day.” The bills were a bipartisan effort to highlight the importance of destigmatizing physicians who seek mental health care and recognize the ongoing, devastating number of physicians lost each year to suicide.
The following list of recently deceased osteopathic physicians includes links to obituaries and online memorials if they’re available. Readers can notify the AOA of their deceased colleagues by sending an email to memberservice@osteopathic.org. You may also view a list of past In Memoriam columns.
The 2023 recipient of the AOA’s Bob E. Jones, CAE Award is Kris T. Nicholoff, CEO/executive director, Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA), in recognition of his leadership and tremendous contributions toward advancing osteopathic medicine.
Legendary osteopathic physician and civil rights leader William G. Anderson, DO, recently addressed the crowd at the AOA’s annual House of Delegates meeting in July. Dr. Anderson previously served as the AOA’s first Black president from 1994 to 1995. He was also a member of the AOA’s Board of Trustees for two decades.
Welcome back to The DO Book Club! For August, I am reviewing “Only the Paranoid Survive,” by Andrew Grove and “The Ottava Method: Take Your Life Up an Octave,” by Corinna Muller, DO. Both of these books are good reads as the lazy, hazy days of summer wind to a close and the crazy-busy days … Read More