Publisher: KevinMD.com

Physicians are trained, above all, to project steadiness. Long before we feel it, we learn to perform it. The lesson begins early in training.

An excerpt from Physicians With Lived Experience: How Their Stories Offer Clinical Guidance (APA Publishing, 2025).

Children often surprise us with the seriousness they bring to a clinic visit.

“What is your favorite homemade food?” I ask each patient.

Diego R. Hijano is a physician-scientist specializing in pediatric infectious diseases at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and an assistant professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.