As a cancer physician, the amount of data I obtain on my patients is ever-increasing, along with options for cancer therapies. …

(Spoiler warning: contains minor spoilers for the first few episodes of The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power, on Amazon Prime) Galadriel, you may be the Elf Commander of the Northern Armies, the Warrior of the Wastelands, and the Lady of the woods of Lothlórien, but I am…

It’s not as farfetched as you might think. I’m willing to bet you would consider it more possible now than if I’d asked you this question six months ago. What if, in the near-future, AI algorithms in healthcare advance to the point where corporate-owned conglomerations rely on the AI to determine who gets medical treatment — and who doesn’t? All with the goal of making healthcare more “cost-effective.”

Before COVID-19, I left the practice of medicine for what would turn out to become an entire year. Then, the pandemic happened, and I found my way back to clinical practice. During that time away from medicine, I discovered five things that transformed my life and practice. With the guidance…

My debut novel, The Algorithm Will See You Now, released to the world ten days ago! And I didn’t post about it on my blog until now! Something I can now look back on and realize was mainly due to life happening and the world not standing still for my…

Algorithm Anarchist* — week of 2/16/23 It’s been a busy week of AI in the news! Let’s dive right in: 1. A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled Kevin Roose, technology columnist in The New York Times, wrote today about his interaction with Bing’s new chatbot, “Sydney.” His takeaway: “It’s now clear to me that in its current form, the A.I. that has been…

Greetings readers! In my upcoming speculative thriller, The Algorithm Will See You Now, there’s a podcaster who dubs herself the “Algorithm Anarchist.” She’s trying to get the world to see the truth about Big Medicine conglomerate “PRIMA” — Prognostic Intelligent Medical Algorithms (but no spoilers). So I thought it might be fun to start a weekly blogpost rounding up interesting articles on AI algorithms in the news in our current reality. What a fun timeline we’re in right now!

Today, February 3, 2023, is National Women Physicians Day! To recognize the day, I thought it would be fun to put together a roundup of my favorite blog posts on Women In Medicine over the past two years. Gendered Expectations of Physician Accessibility

I haven’t done one of these year-end round-ups before, but given 2022 marked the five year anniversary of the blog, it seemed a good year to start. For each post, I’ve selected a favorite passage to highlight (different from the preview passage you’ll see on the home page). First, the top five most read blog posts of 2022 (as determined by Google analytics): 1. Is Resentment the Ugly Stepsister to Perfectionism? Why Challenging Patients Can Trigger Resentment in Doctors and Nurses