Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/17/2021
Trauma, M.D.
My colleagues said: “It’s like being in an abusive relationship.” “Medical school is traumatic.” I thought, 'Yeah, I guess so,' and moved on. Then two things happened. - 7/14/2021
Dear Doctor Rude
Dear Melissa, I saw a patient in the ER and called a resident at a tertiary hospital who was breathtakingly rude. What should I do? - 7/1/2021
Revenge of the beaver
Why can't I be effortlessly masterful, rattling off 20 differential diagnoses while intubating with one hand and installing chest tubes with the other, before gliding through a relaxing evening marathon? - 6/16/2021
When your children are wiser than you
- 6/9/2021
Trying and flailing
I'm doing something weird again. I'm working on a play based on my medical mystery, Terminally Ill. Why is this weird for an MD? For those of you who don't know me, this is out of the stratosphere. - 5/13/2021
The medical show I'm still watching
One of my mom friends introduced me to Grey's Anatomy. I watched a few seasons, but the medical inaccuracy bugged me. "I can't see the CT scan to make sure there's blood on it! They're holding it off to the side!" - 4/11/2021
Dead wood
- 3/28/2021
A break before you break
