Other Writing

Op-Eds


KEVINMD

How Doctors Can Build Emotional Strength through Writing


MEDPAGE TODAY

Burnout Relief Made Easier, Healthcare Leadership Must Prioritize Staff Mental Health

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MEDPAGE TODAY

A Fourth of Med Students Want to Quit: The Humanities Can Help Them Reconnect

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Articles


PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP JOURNAL

 

Mitigating Physician Burnout and Enhancing Wellness by Modeling a Gratitude Practice

Gratitude has been shown to mediate empathy and compassion, key traits that often go missing in the burned-out physician.

Available to Physician Leadership Journal subscribers only.


PSYCHIATRIC TIMES

 

The Myriad Benefits of a Daily Reflective Practice of Gratitude

Struggling with stress or burnout? A simple gratitude habit might help.

Chapter Contributions


 

Self-Compassion

“Self Compassion” in Narrative Medicine: A Guidebook to Transforming Hearts and Minds. Edited By Julia Bruckner, Anjali Dhurandhar, and Eve Makoff. Routledge Publishing, September 2025.


 

Conversations

“Conversations” in The Truth of Memoir: How to Write about Yourself and Others with Honesty, Emotion and Integrity, Kerry Cohen. Writer’s Digest Books. December 2014.

Essays


DOCTORS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

Woo is Having a Moment


THE WASHINGTON POST

I’m a Pediatrician. I Unexpectedly Became a Foster Mom to a Patient.


THE NEW YORK TIMES

Empty Nests are Overrated