It’s an interesting day when Cookie Monster gets invited to TEDMED, a national conference on medical innovation. They host some of the wisest, most creative people in the medical field every year to spread the word about new ideas. Leave it to Cookie Monster to remind us that old ideas about health can be packaged in a […]
Years ago, I received a card from one of the families in my practice with a sentiment expressed by Edith Wharton that made me think of TEDMED as I packed my suitcase for the conference … As I headed off to Washington, DC for an opportunity to sit with some of the most creative thinkers […]
Something really important will happen next week in Richmond, and if you would like to be a part of shaping the healthcare options of our children and grandchildren… You have to write to the Power People. They are meeting to consider building our new children’s hospital. Imagine what it would look like. They are the […]
While my work is focused around the health and well being of children, I have come to understand that there’s more to that concept than check-ups and treating illness. I have begun to ask my patients to begin learning how to tell their own health stories and to think about the things that go into […]
I was already a mother three times over when the little line turned positively pink for a fourth time. My husband and I both grew up in big families, but even so…there was a moment (or two) when we both thought, “Can we do this? Can our hearts raise four children?” That expectant hope seemed […]
“Isn’t telling part of the truth the same as telling a lie, Mommy?” With coffee in one hand and the OpEd page in the other, I knew I needed to explain, and I knew that the eyes of a child see complex things very clearly. As a pediatrician and mother of five, I write this […]