OBGYN Pearls of Wisdom*

Join us as we revisit the hospital during it's arguably scariest time: COVID 19. These three former residents led the OBGYN service with courage and managed to still practice excellent medicine in spite of the many difficulties they faced and personal fears they harbored. During the course of our very interesting conversation, I realized how much I had blocked out. It all seems like such a distant memory, though was only 5 years ago. Oddly, memories much older stand out in my mind much more vividly, but for these 3 former residents, this experience was formative, influential, and harrowing. Einstein, as it is described in this episode, is a magical place, for better or for worse. Please join us as we hear their perspective on residency and being a junior attending. Michelle Kappy, MD '22Rupal Bana, MD '22Arielle Katcher, MD '21Credits: How COVID-19 is Crippling the Bronx, PIX11 News, 2020Good Job, Alicia Keyes, 2020

Join Dr. Judith Levy and Dr. Nanci Levine as they illustrate in vivid detail, what residency was like for strong female doctors in the early 1980s and how their careers unfolded over the next few decades. They take us through #metoo experiences long before there was a movement and they describe long hours toiling away at work, long before there were work hour limitations. We explore sexism in the workplace, including salary inequality, and delve into the evolution of medicine as a beloved career to one based on the bottom line, as enforced by the system.This episode is profound on many levels and these strong and intelligent women eloquently lead us through a history lesson.Featuring: Twisting the Night Away, Sam Cooke, and Now and Forever, Carol King

Please join Dr. David Lubell('10), Dr. Jacob Kowenski('09), and Dr. Sasha Kucherov('15) as we explore the ups and downs of OBGYN residency and how it informs and impacts their current state of mind and practice now.

Welcome to Episode 4, where we get the perspective to 2 incredible doctors who helped me find my way as a wee resident. They shed a lot of light on humility and the many rewards of hard work in a tremendously tough learning/practice environment. Dr. Kathleen Morrell ('10) is Associate Chair of Education and Director of Complex Family Planning at Maimonides Medical CenterTamar Goldwaser, MD FACOG, FACMG ('10) is an Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Medical Geneticist in clinical practice at Maternal Fetal Medicine Associates in New York City and at Englewood Health in New Jersey. She is Medical Director, Cancer Genetics at Englewood Hospital.Reference Fighter, Christina Aguilera, Stripped 10/22/2002

Dr. Woods is a Hospitalist at WellStarDr. Chang is Director of Medical Partnerships, Billion to OneI reference St. Denis Medical, 2024, NBC, Episode 1.Some people remember everything about training or absolutely nothing. Two people can even come from the same program and have a completely different perspective even though collectively it’s a shared experience. Residency, the pressure cooker of job training, was both extraordinary and traumatic. Everyone’s experience is personal. Some need to remember to move on and others need to forget, but then there are those that can’t do either. Theres no way to know how you’ll cope until you go through it yourself. We laugh, we put the pieces together, we tumble…. Please join us as we begin to unpack our shared experiences and explore the impact of our training in the short and long term. I hope you enjoy and stay tuned for the next one.

Dr. Maiman, author of Every Third Night and The Rainbow Diary, GYN Oncologist and former Chairman of OBGYN at Staten Island University Hospital- North, started his medical career off at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, now known as Einstein/Montefiore OBGYN Residency. We have a frank discussion about residency then and now, medicine, humility, passion, and what characteristics make a great doctor. These are some Pearls of Wisdom....*Correction: I refer to the the book The Life of Dr. Montefiore by Emmet Hirsch, MD but mispronounced the title, which is in fact, The Education of Dr. Montefiore

Be tenacious Revile mediocrityAim for excellence Maintain humility throughout residency and thereafter… there is always more to learn and more to grow. Anticipate potential complications and speak up- you can prevent complications this wayBe thorough in your exam and assessment, leave nothing to uncertainty… if you just subject discomfort to ascertain information, then explain this but proceed, for an exam that does not produce thorough findings was not a worthy exam at all.Ask questions! Ask if this makes senseAs much as we all love zebras, remember that’s HORSES are much more commonNever take short cuts. Be efficient but NO short cuts. Use economy of motion.Finally, BE CURIOUS AND PASSIONATE. these two attributes are the fuel you need to be a great physician.