Takeaway
Choose kind. Compassion. Equity and dignity for all. . . . physicians from around the world share short personal mottos to live by.
Lifelong Learning in Clinical Excellence | July 19, 2019 | <1 min read
Highlights
Compassion is our trump card in medicine.
Andre Lijoi, MD, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania
Humility.
Indu Partha, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona
Perseverance!
Megan Gerber, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine
Cheerful and courageous!
Kaishauna Guidry, MD, Companion Hospice, Riverside, California
Thanks for sharing.
Carl Streed Jr, MD, MPH, Boston University School of Medicine
Kindness matters.
Shannon Scott-Vernaglia, MD, MassGeneral
Humility.
Paul Rousseau, MD, South Carolina
My personal motto is antifascism.
Zachary Berger, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
This too shall pass.
Leslie Ordal, CGC, University of Toronto
Listen with empathy, listen with care.
Margaret Stager, MD, MetroHealth
How can I help?
Margaret Chisolm, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Work hard, play hard.
David Cohen, MD, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Context matters.
Rosanne Rouf, MD, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Compassionate focus.
Mary Beth Miotto, MD, Family Health Center of Worcester, Massachusetts
Inquisitive empathy.
Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, Brown University
Compassionate problem solver.
Trician Lanter, MD
Equity and dignity for all.
Maurice Sholas, MD, Solas Medical Consulting
Listen to the patient's story.
Martin Winckler, MD, Montreal, Canada
My one word general motto is “equity.” My #PedsICU model would be “the enemy of good is better."
Deanna Behrens, MD,
Walk in their shoes.
Sarah Nadeem, MD, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
I may not be able to cure you, but I can care for you.
Andre Lijoi, MD, York Hospital Family Medicine, Pennsylvania
Create real change for the people who need it most.
Shawn Sidhu, MD, University of New Mexico
Listen, and hear.
Bill Bachman, MD
After an ICE arrest of my neighbor today, mine is Compassion.
Alisa Duran, MD, Veterans Affairs Minneapolis
Partnership.
Howard Liu, MD, University of New Mexico
Choose kind.