Infertility in Female Emergency Medicine Physicians
As many of you know, my infertility journey was an impetus for me - a call to action to spread the news about #PhysicianInfertility....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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!