What’s something you remember from pre-pandemic times that you look forward to resuming once distancing restrictions lift?

Hugging people in distress. As I touched a colleague’s covered elbow last week when she was crying, I realized how much I miss hugging people to comfort.

Elizabeth Gundersen, MD, Florida Atlantic University

Laughing, eating pub food, and unleashing my competitive spirit with my husband and friends at weekly trivia night! @drjaseng @atmwyatt @JFoslovesGIM

Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins

Listening to live jazz @KornerKeystone.

Juliette Perzinsky, MD, Michigan

Seeing and spending time with my mother and my Godmother. I miss my routine visits and our in-person conversations!

Irene Mestores, MD, University of Florida

Accepting hugs from patients after clinic visits.

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Takeaway

Passion in the Medical Profession | May 22, 2020 | <1 min read

Highlights

Carl Streed Jr, MD, Boston Medical Center

Mariah Robertson, MD, Johns Hopkins

Margot Kelly-Hendrick, med student, Johns Hopkins

Paul Nestadt, MD, Johns Hopkins

David Kopacz, MD, University of Washington

Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, MD, Mass General

Elizabeth Gundersen, MD, Florida Atlantic University

Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins

Juliette Perzinsky, MD, Michigan

Irene Mestores, MD, University of Florida

Carl Streed Jr, MD, Boston Medical Center

Mariah Robertson, MD, Johns Hopkins

What do you think?

Margot Kelly-Hendrick, med student, Johns Hopkins

Paul Nestadt, MD, Johns Hopkins

David Kopacz, MD, University of Washington

Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, MD, Mass General

Elizabeth Gundersen, MD, Florida Atlantic University

Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins

Juliette Perzinsky, MD, Michigan

Irene Mestores, MD, University of Florida

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