Shining a Light on the Dark Side
Authors: Gaetan Sgro, Mark T. Gladwin, Alexander Teng, Akshata Moghe, Shanta M. Zimmer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2016)

Letters5 January 2016Shining a Light on the Dark SideGaetan Sgro, MD, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, Alexander Teng, MD, Akshata Moghe, MD, PhD, and Shanta M. Zimmer, MDGaetan Sgro, MDFrom Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author, Mark T. Gladwin, MDFrom Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author, Alexander Teng, MDFrom Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author, Akshata Moghe, MD, PhDFrom Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this author, and Shanta M. Zimmer, MDFrom Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L16-0013 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Soon after the anonymous essay (1) and Laine and colleagues' editorial (2) were published, our program director fired off an e-mail to our entire residency. “Would you please read this and tell me what you think?” she wrote, with an undertone of urgency and a sense that she wasn't asking. The essay ricocheted along the corridors of our 3 teaching hospitals, off the whiteboards in our precepting rooms, and across the benches in our laboratories until it seemed that no resident or faculty member was left unscathed. Responses flooded her inbox, and our secrets started spilling.There ...References1. Anonymous. Our family secrets. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163:321. [PMID: 26280420]. doi:10.7326/M14-2168 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Laine C, Taichman DB, LaCombe MA. On being a doctor: shining a light on the dark side [Editorial]. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163:320. [PMID: 26280419]. doi:10.7326/M15-1144 LinkGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Disclosures: Disclosures can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L15-0516. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoOn Being a Doctor: Shining a Light on the Dark Side Christine Laine , Darren B. Taichman , and Michael A. LaCombe Shining a Light on the Dark Side Jordan Cohen and Richard I. Levin Shining a Light on the Dark Side Elizabeth Allemann Shining a Light on the Dark Side Christine Laine , Darren B. Taichman , and Michael A. LaCombe Shining a Light on the Dark Side Alvaro F. Vargas Pelaez Shining a Light on the Dark Side Linda Ray Shining a Light on the Dark Side Shafik Dharamsi Metrics 5 January 2016Volume 164, Issue 1Page: 69KeywordsBariatric surgeryDisclosureEmotionsOverweightResidency ePublished: 5 January 2016 Issue Published: 5 January 2016 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2016 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...