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Melissa Parsons, MD

Sep 16, 2019
2 min

To the Emergency Medicine Doctor Thinking "Another Vag Bleeder"

I see you. I’ve been you. I’ve wondered WHY these women come into the ED when they’re having a miscarriage. I cannot do ANYTHING to fix that. I have thought ...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Nov 18, 2018
5 min

Our Infertility Adventure Part 3

This is part 3 our our adventure... See Part 1 and Part 2. Ever wonder what happens when you get diagnosed with an ectopic? Well that night, I had the reside...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Jun 1, 2018
3 min

Forget Work-Life Balance... Start managing your Energy

Everyone talks about work-life balance. There is NO steady state of balance. Your seesaw of life is never going to be perfectly balanced in the middle. We HA...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

May 20, 2018
10 min

Gender & Medical Education

I was raised as “the son my father never had.” I grew up fishing and hunting with the boys or roaming the middle of the soccer field as “controlled chaos”. ...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Apr 25, 2018
6 min

What is Mindfulness?

How many times do you find yourself ruminating over the past? "If only I'd done… If wish I had said… I should have… etc." Or how much time do you spend worr...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Apr 3, 2018
7 min

My IVF Journey - Round 2

I already shared with you the start of my IVF journey and how I became the 1%. If you didn’t read it yet, look back at my post. So here goes part two: Afte...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Mar 18, 2018
3 min

Half But NOT Equal

The year, 2017, was a big year for women in medicine. It marked the first time that the number of women enrolling in US medical schools exceeded the number ...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Mar 6, 2018
2 min

The Things I WISH I Had Learned in Medical School

I started this blog with the goal of reaching out to young women entering the field of medicine. I wanted to share my experiences, the things I learned ofte...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Feb 26, 2018
2 min

What is This Wellness You Speak Of? ~ Part 2

Studies show that physicians who CARE FOR THEMSELVES do a BETTER job of caring for others and are less likely to commit errors, be impaired or leave practice...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Feb 18, 2018
6 min

What is This Wellness You Speak Of?

What is wellness? How do we define it? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, wellness is "the quality or state of being in good health especially as...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Feb 14, 2018
5 min

I Am The 1%

My infertility journey started last year at FIX – the FemInEM Idea Exchange – as I sat in a hotel room with another EM physician and a bottle of champagne, c...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Feb 13, 2018
3 min

Pobody's Nerfect

Like most of the alpha-female, driven, women in medicine, I strive for perfection. From straight A’s in grade school to superb MCAT and STEP scores to being ...

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Melissa Parsons, MD

Feb 12, 2018
1 min

Welcome to Controlling the Chaos

Hi and welcome. I am Dr. Melissa Parsons, an Emergency Medicine physician that was nicknamed "Controlled Chaos" before I ever stepped foot an in ER. My curr...

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Welcome to Controlling the Chaos - a blog about striving for wellness and empowering female physicians in the chaos that is medicine. Follow me on Instagram and Twitter @melissaparsonsmd or link below!

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