Background: Women make up 78.7% of the workforce in healthcare and healthcare-associated fields; further, nearly a third of practicing physicians and surgeons and roughly half of all medical students are women. Whether they are physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, interprofessional staff members, students, patients or visitors, healthcare facilities have opportunities to improve gender equity. When [...]

Case Presentation: A 34-year-old female with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and SLE presented with acute substernal tightness associated with nausea and vomiting. She denied fever, chills, diaphoresis, or palpitations. Her EKG showed sinus rhythm with new T wave inversions in anterior leads. Troponin elevation was noted with a peak of 4.48. Echocardiogram showed normal [...]

Case Presentation: A 41 year-old female with a history significant for end stage renal disease (ESRD) secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) on peritoneal dialysis for two years, uremic pericardial effusion with pericardiocentesis three years prior, and polyarticular gout on allopurinol presented as a transfer from an outside hospital for evaluation due to concerns for [...]