MomDocFamily

The mission of MomDocFamily is to provide mentorship and support for women physicians facing the challenges and rewards of combining a medical career with motherhood. We are a multi-disciplinary group of women doctors representing all stages of careers and medical training. We are committed to supporting one another's efforts to attain professional success and personal satisfaction. Included in our mission is our dedication to learn from each other's experiences by openly discussing career and parenting strategies.

MomDocFamily (MDF) Co-Directors

Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, MDF Co-Director, is an Associate Professor of Medicine
and Obstetrics-Gynecology (Clinical) at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Director of Primary Care Curricula for The Residency Program in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Women and Infants Hospital. Her professional interests include the health care response to intimate partner violence, medical education, and faculty development. She has a 15-year old daughter. E-mail: agottlieb@wihri.org

Lynn E. Taylor, MD, MDF Co-Founder and Co-Director, Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, is an HIV/AIDS specialist in the Division of Infectious Diseases, focusing on prevention and treatment of hepatitis C and hepatitis B viruses in vulnerable populations and on the primary care of HIV-infected persons. She developed and directs Miriam Hospital's HIV/Viral Hepatitis Coinfection Program. Her research and community-based efforts focus on HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection. She has 2 children, ages 9 and 11. E-mail: ltaylor@lifespan.org

MomDocFamily (MDF) Advisory Board

Lynn E. Iler, MD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a founding partner at Dermatology Professionals, Inc. in East Greenwich, RI. She specializes in skin cancer detection, prevention, and treatment. She has three sons ages 11, 9, and 7.  Email: lynniler@gmail.com

Alice Y. Kim, MD is a clinical cardiologist with the Brigham and Women's Hospital at Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island. She was in private practice in Albany, New York for seven years before moving back with her husband who is an Obstetrician/Gynecologist. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Echocardiography, and Nuclear Cardiology with hopes to focus on the diagnosis and therapies of treatment for valve disease. She is happy to be back in RI with her three boys ages 1, 4, and 5 years old.
E-mail: AYKIMMD14@me.com

Neha Raukar, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and the Director of the Division of Sports Medicine. She works at the Rhode Island Hospital and Miriam Hospital emergency departments and practices sports medicine with University Orthopedics and The Center for Sports Medicine. She is the Chair of the Section for Sports Medicine at the American College of Emergency Medicine. She has lectured nationally on the collasped athlete. Her research interests include acute management of concussions and the female athlete. She has two incredible daughters, a 3-year old and an infant. E-mail: nraukar@gmail.com

Beth Ryder, MD is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School (AMS) of Brown University. She practices general and minimally invasive surgery at Rhode Island Hospital and at the VA Medical Center, both in Providence, RI. Her clinical and research interests are in the fields of bariatric surgery and surgical education. Dr. Ryder is also the co-director of the AMS Core Clerkship in Surgery. She has a 2 year old daughter. E-mail: bryder@lifespan.org



Audrey R. Tyrka, MD, PhD is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Associate Chief of the Mood Disorders Program at Butler Hospital, and Director of Butler’s Laboratory for Clinical Neuroscience. Her research is focused on the neurobiological and psychiatric effects of stress, particularly childhood maltreatment and other childhood adversities. She has 2 children, ages 10 and 14. E-mail: audrey_tyrka@brown.edu




Members of the First MDF Advisory Board


From L-R: Drs. Anne Wold, Lynn E. Taylor, Julie Taylor, Amy Gottlieb, Beatrice Lechner, and Neha Raukar

Missing: Dr. Carolyn Blackman

Photo credit: Scott Kingsley

MDF - News/Resources/Updates

• To read, "The Cost of Technology", published in JAMA, June 20, 2012 - Vol 307, Pg.23, authored by Elizabeth Toll, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, please click here.
• To read, "Using a Professional Organization, MomDocFamily, to Understand the Lives of Physician-Mothers", published in Medicine & Health RI, Volume 95, No. 6, June 2012, please click here.
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  To read, "Establishing Paid Parental Leave for Male and Female Physicians", published in Academic Medicine and authored by MomDocFamily members, Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, and B. Star Hampton, MD, and UMass Medical School, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Joanna M. Cain, MD, please click here.
  
  
  Together with The Rhode Island Breastfeeding Coalition and Rhode Island hospitals, MDF has developed an initial list of lactation accommodations available to physician and other employees of hospitals located throughout Rhode Island. Please click here to view the list.
  
  
• To read, a recent publication in Medicine & Health RI authored by several MDF members, please click here.
  
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  Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, RI sent out a press release about MomDocFamily that was "picked up" by several media outlets. To read the release, please visit:
  http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/216160.php
  
  
• In the October 19, 2010 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine MomDocFamily member, Dr. Michelle Daniel, has written a powerful essay describing her experience as a physician and a mother in Haiti following the earthquake. To read, "A Mother in Haiti", please click here.
  
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  To read "Effectively Mentoring Physician-Mothers," published in Academic Medicine and authored by MomDocFamily members Beatrice E. Lechner, MD, Amy S. Gottlieb, MD, and Lynn E. Taylor, MD - please click here.
  
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Articles Related to Mothers in Medicine

Jagsi R, Griffith KA, Stewart A, Sambuco D, DeCastro R, Ubel PA. Gender Differences in the Salaries of Physician Researchers. JAMA, June 13, 2012- Vol 307, No. 22. PubMed PMID: 22692173 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1182859

Carnes, Molly, MD, MS. What Would Patsy Mink Think? JAMA, February 8, 2012 - Vol 307, No. 6 - 571-572.   PubMed PMID:  22318277 http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/307/6/571.full

Jagsi R, Tarbell NJ, Weinstein DF. Becoming a doctor, starting a
family--leaves of absence from graduate medical education. N Engl J Med. 2007 Nov 8;357(19):1889-91. PubMed PMID: 17989381.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp078163

Riba MB, Riba A, Riba E. Life as a balance beam: practical ideas for balancing
work and home. Acad Psychiatry. 2007 Mar-Apr;31(2):135-7. PubMed PMID: 17344454.
http://ap.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/31/2/135

Lahav G. How to survive and thrive in the mother-mentor marathon. Mol Cell.
2010 May 28;38(4):477-80. PubMed PMID: 20513421.
http://www.cell.com/molecular- cell/retrieve/pii/ S1097276510003746


SAEM Web Survival guide for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine
Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Survival Guide
Editors: Kathleen Clem, Ellen Weber, Sandra Schneider
Published 2009 – SAEM - To read, please click here

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For more information or specific inquiries, please e-mail: agottlieb@wihri.org or ltaylor@lifespan.org.