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Having spent the past 15 years in medicine, this site is intended to provide some links and references for my clinical passions. I have experienced this career with my own struggle with fertility and so I also believe that I have learned many tricks about how to survive these treatments while being a woman in medicine. As such, I have written down my own experience in “Navigating your Fertility as a Woman in Medicine.”
Fertility
This site brings a voice to the infertility journey many in medicine face and that I have gained knowledge about through my own experience.
I began my own infertility journey when I was 35. Over many years, I experienced what is commonly known as “egg freezing” four times, IVF (in vitro fertilization) four times, IUI (intrauterine insemination) three times, the use of sperm donors and gestational carriers. I also explored adoption and so I believe I have a unique perspective on a variety of ways a person can build a family in nontraditional ways.
This journey and tips learned along the way are shared in “Navigating your Fertility as a Woman in Medicine”.
My Book
“Navigating Your Fertility as a Woman in Medicine” is for anyone looking to understand options available to them as they plan for family or who find themselves experiencing fertility treatments.
To pair with this, my gestational carrier and I developed an Etsy shop, Everyday Fertility, to provide gifts and support items to a growing group of people who many find they don’t have many options elsewhere.
Bactrim
During my career in Pediatric Critical Care, I have co-discovered a disease process that has likely been affecting patients for decades but was difficult for physicians to put them together to identify common symptoms. The disease is Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Associated Respiratory Failure.
It’s only because of a CNN Health article about one of my former patients that we discovered this disease at all. Since that, social media has played a prominent role in the discovery of additional patients, including an article in the New York Times.
If you are interested in learning more about this disease, named Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Associated Respiratory Failure, please use the link below to connect with me. This antibiotic is also commonly known as Bactrim© or Septra© if that is more familiar to you.
ECMO
My patient who first was identified as having Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Associated Respiratory Failure spent 190 days on ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). I had an interest in ECMO patients, who are provided the highest form of life support using machines to replace their heart and/or lung function, prior to my index patient however I developed this interest into a clinical niche and ultimately became the Pediatric ECMO Director.
I now have a special interest in mobility and high risk patient populations. Our patients have been featured in several media stories including CNN Health and the Daily Beast.
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