Category Archives: Adventures in Advocacy

Xtreme Everest: Trekking to Mt. Everest Base Camp May Save Someone’s Life

By Linda | January 30, 2013

Everyday we are connected to otherwise unknowable people through connectivity never before imagined. Arguably we might not want to meet many of these people, but occasionally one pops into our lives with a special purpose, a mission.
I “met” Bree Fisk, a member of the team of Restech Corporation, a company that makes small sensors to [...]

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American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation: Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy (Ear) Tubes in Children

By Linda | January 8, 2013

PUBLIC OPINION REQUESTED. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED!

Has your child had ear infections? Has she or he ever had ear tubes? Have you ever known of someone else’s child who has? Chances are that you can answer at least one of these questions with a resounding “Yes!”
Okay, with your expertise now established, [...]

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A Surgeon’s Response to Senseless Violence–No Easy Answers, Just More Complex Questions

By Linda | December 17, 2012

I remember the first gunshot wound I treated in the emergency department at Jacobi Hospital in the South Bronx 35 years ago. Only one of two I saw that month in the second busiest trauma ER in the country. Gang fight. Troubled youths. In the middle of the night. Hand guns.
We [...]

Also posted in Anger Management | Tagged massacre at Sandyhook, violence against children | 11 Comments

Special Needs Children: The Coming Tsunami No One Will Talk About

By Linda | August 15, 2012

We are facing a crisis that no one in the political arena will talk about. The fate of the children who are not “typical.” Not a day goes by that even out of my professional environment, I am not confronted with the devastation of a family who has a child with physical, emotional or developmental [...]

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Experts Academy 2012–I’m A Creator! An Adventure in Mission, Messaging and Creating

By Linda | May 9, 2012

Santa Clara, CA, May, 2012
Making an impact beyond the people you touch in everyday life is challenging to say the least. But the rewards far outweigh the challenge. In academic medicine my mission was to touch lives of those I didn’t meet through research and teaching. My message: keep asking and answering questions for the [...]

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Male Heads, Female Winners–A Prestigious Medical Society Recognizes the Talent of Its Future!

By Linda | April 24, 2012

San Diego, California, April 20, 2012.
Friday morning session of the Triological Society. Entry by election with credentials and a thesis. Still very few women, but growing slowly.
I walk in a bit late, still jet lagged. The program looks promising, the room less so. I am greeted by a sea of most male heads and dark [...]

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April 17, 2012–Equal Pay Day Again. Ho Hum. What Would Gloria Steinem Say?

By Linda | April 17, 2012

Juxtapose: I woke up this morning and NPR did not even mention that today was Equal Pay Day–the day when US women finally have earned the same amount as men in 2011–they had to work 3.5 months longer to do it. WITH: Dancing with Gloria Steinem on Saturday night.
Last Saturday night the legendary [...]

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Miami 2012: 97th American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) Meeting

By Linda | April 16, 2012

The best times are those that are totally unexpected. And nothing could have been more unexpected than day 1 of the 97th Annual AMWA meeting. More than 300 attendees enjoying a riveting program that held the interest of a most diverse group of women physicians, from surgeons to psychiatrists, from first year medical students to [...]

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Creating New Policies and Procedures Can Be Harmful to Achieving Gender Equity

By Linda | March 16, 2012

Shared non-news item: A prominent and very large healthcare system that recently paid out a large sum of money for gender discrimination and a hostile work environment has produced new policies and procedures regarding such behavior. Step in the right direction? The old policies were pulled out and when compared to the new ones, little [...]

Also posted in On the Job, Women at Work | Tagged gender equity, policies and procedures | 3 Comments

Important Announcement: The 5th World Conference on Women Is Getting Closer to Reality

By Linda | March 12, 2012

Last week was a news roller coaster for women worldwide. Come ride with me.
Reported at the International Trade Union Conference, women are paid 18% less than men worldwide for the same work. Taken from the report: “…..in the United States the statistics are bleak: Male workers age 30 or younger who have a middle level [...]

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