Medscape Blogs - Florez Lab

• When the Wolfpack Finds You: Meeting Team Tara Amid the rejection of several grant proposals, Dr Florez meets two remarkable women. Through their example, she learns of the selfless nature and familial bond that exist within cancer research.
  Medscape Blogs, December 27, 2022
• The Oncologist's Ethical Dilemma Medical professionals often face ethical challenges. Learn about how oncologists might navigate the four major pillars of medicine and when a lack of medical intervention may be justifiable.
  Medscape Blogs, December 06, 2022
• Carving Out Space for Pride in Your Identity Predefined spaces have borders to keep out those whom it sees as not belonging and demand assimilation to be let in. How can those of us who are seen as outsiders create space for ourselves?
  Medscape Blogs, October 11, 2022
• The Price We Pay for an MD Medical school has historically been one of the most expensive courses to undertake at university. Where does this leave those who have a passion and calling for medicine but can't afford it?
  Medscape Blogs, October 04, 2022
• Encountering Racial Abuse as a Trainee When faced with incidents of racial abuse, how are physicians and medical students expected to react? What support is available to help them navigate these discouraging scenarios?
  Medscape Blogs, September 13, 2022
• Do Minority Patients Receive the Same Quality of Cancer Care? Learn about the sociodemographic, economic, and research factors that contribute to disparities in cancer care, and how physicians can help reduce these differences.
  Medscape Blogs, June 07, 2022
• How Medical Images Impact Physician Biases The lack of diversity in medical education is continuing to fail current and future doctors. One medical student reflects on the subtle inequalities that persist and how to actively combat them.
  Medscape Blogs, May 24, 2022
• Finding Your Wolfpack in Academic Medicine How I learned to surround myself with like-minded people in academic medicine to no longer feel "out of place."
  Medscape Blogs, May 10, 2022
• The Mental Health Sacrifice of IMGs' Search for Perfection Medical students must be perfect in everything they do. But that pursuit of "perfection" can have devastating consequences.
  Medscape Blogs, April 26, 2022
• With or Without Children: It Is None of Your Business As a physician in my thirties, people assume I have children -- or even worse, negatively judge me for not. What do I tell them? Why have I chosen this path? Find out why it really is nobody's business.
  Medscape Blogs, April 12, 2022
• Enough Is Enough: The Pandemic and Loss of Female Oncologists The Great Resignation is having a profound effect on oncology as new doctors are losing their mentors and role models.
  Medscape Blogs, February 08, 2022
• The Cell Structure of an International Medical Graduate's Journey How to create your own personal cell structure to get through the USMLE and life.
  Medscape Blogs, January 18, 2022
• Take a Break to Boost Productivity Resting won't kill you, but not resting will end up killing your productivity. How one oncologist learned the hard way.
  Medscape Blogs, November 23, 2021
• The Power of Crying: Why You Should Let It All Out! How one oncologist has come to realize that a good cry is good for the soul.
  Medscape Blogs, November 09, 2021
• Impostor Syndrome: The Chronic Self-doubt That Ruins Success "I am not deserving of this award." Self-doubt is very sneaky and can worm its way into the most successful brain. How one award-winning oncologist is overcoming her impostor syndrome.
  Medscape Blogs, October 12, 2021
• The Parent Penalty in Medicine Physicians starting a new family have to pay a heavy toll when they are not given the support they need by their departments and hospitals. Here's how an oncologist is looking to change all that.
  Medscape Blogs, September 21, 2021
• Why Are BIPOC Physicians Leaving Academia? Physicians who identify as BIPOC are leaving academic medicine in droves. This mass exodus has been intensifying in recent years. An oncologist looks at the one thing that may keep them in academia.
  Medscape Blogs, September 07, 2021
• Women in Medicine: 5 Tips for Finding Your Voice Speaking your truth and finding your voice are essential as a minoritized woman, especially in medicine. One oncologist shares how she has learned to be her authentic self.
  Medscape Blogs, August 24, 2021
• Changing the Status Quo for Women of Color in Medicine After facing racism and gender bias throughout her career, an oncologist is uniting women of color around the world to create a league of support and agents of change.
  Medscape Blogs, August 10, 2021