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For Family, By Family—ACOFP Blog
This summer the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society (POFPS) elected its first all-female executive committee. In honor of Women in Medicine Month, ACOFP is proud to congratulate them and feature a member spotlight on their new vice president, Christine Rohanna, DO.
Nalini Velayudhan, DO, shares how motherhood inspired her decision to pursue family medicine as part of the ACOFP Women’s Leadership Committee series.
ACOFP Women in Leadership Committee Member Brenda Pecotte de Gonzalez, DO, shares how she balances being a new mom, a wife and an osteopathic family physician.
In honor of National Women Physicians Day, ACOFP highlights the Women in Leadership Committee blog series.
ACOFP Women in Leadership Committee Member Jennifer S. Johnson, DO, MBA, shares how her role as a family physician impacts other areas of her life—and the profession—in a positive way and how her family motivates her.
ACOFP Women in Leadership Committee Member Jackie Weaver-Agostoni, DO, MPH, FACOFP, shares how she incorporates family into her busy life as a physician, program director and more, and why she is passionate about the field.
ACOFP Health & Wellness Committee Chair Monica Woodall DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, shares how she has found balance in working and volunteering to spend more time with family, learn new hobbies and more.
ACOFP Women in Leadership Chair Katie Lincoln, DO, MHA, FACOFP, discusses the many hats she wears across the rural health system in which she practices, as a volunteer at both the local and national levels and at home, as part of a two-physician household.
ACOFP Women in Leadership Vice Chair Rachel A. Young, DO, shares a day in her life and her different professional roles as core faculty, clinic director, associate program director and physician, among others, as well as her personal roles as wife, daughter and mother-to-be.
Bernadette A. Riley, DO, FACOFP, FILM, shares a glimpse into her life as a doctor, a teacher, a student, a daughter and more, in this new series from the ACOFP Women in Leadership Committee.
Gina Charles, DO, addresses how she strives to achieve a work-life balance and provides tips for physicians in this Women’s Leadership Series installment.
Alesia Wagner, DO, FACOFP dist., addresses how being a high-risk physician during COVID-19 has impacted her personally and professionally in this Women’s Leadership Series installment.
As a practicing physician, I have found that there is one symptom that is universal among all COVID patients. Depression by far is universal, and although medication helps, I found a better treatment: human touch. The isolation and lack of human touch that occurs with the virus is epic. I didn’t truly understand the origin of the depression associated with COVID until I lived that nightmare.
Often students will approach me asking for research prospects. I try to pick research opportunities that connect the medical students with projects that would inspire them and spark their passions. As a clinician, it has been a privilege to work with the students and share learning opportunities.
Walking in these shoes to fill so many roles teaches me compassion and reminds me of how important empathy is in my position as an osteopathic physician—especially during a pandemic, when tensions can be even higher than normal.