Here are some of Zed’s published pieces.
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You Choose: Do More Work for Free or Be Labeled as a Bad Colleague
March 26, 2024
When my boss presented me with only two options: do more work for free or be labeled a “bad colleague,” I don’t think he knew I was a writer. In honor of Women’s History Month, and on behalf of all women in healthcare and education, my friend and co-author Jacqueline Mitchell, MS, and I aim to redefine the “gender pay gap.”
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Think Twice Before Drug Testing Your Black Patients
Feb 6, 2024
The recent news about false positive drug testing by police resulting in tens of thousands of Americans wrongfully jailed reveals another hidden truth: Black Americans are disproportionally affected by this injustice. Drug tests are common in medicine, and this racial bias is just as rampant.
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What Tyre Nichols' Death Reminds Us About Black Suffering
Feb 2, 2023
On January 10, Tyre Nichols died from police brutality. On January 30, the two EMTs and their lieutenant were fired. Black pain and suffering continue to be overlooked and undertreated by medicine. Yet remarks that deny medical racism still exist. What are the facts? What can we do?
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When I doubted My Patient
July 12, 2022
Zed took care of an 85-year-old patient with dementia who developed muscle breakdown after being stuck on the ground for days. Below is a poem based on what he told Zed.
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'Would You Like to Keep This Pregnancy?' I Asked My 13-Year-Old Patient
June 30, 2022
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. On MedPage Today, Zed writes about how this decision can disproportionally impact her marginalized teen community.
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Commentary: Fearing for Your Safety When You’re ‘Just a Country Doctor’
June 13, 2022
Zed writes about the challenges her rural community faces during a time of uncertainly due to increasing gun violence in America.
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Are Any of Us Safe at Work?
June 5, 2022
On June 1, four lives were taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma by a gunman who blamed a doctor for his pain. Zed comments on workplace violence toward healthcare workers, and sheds light on what this might mean for the future of medicine.
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Stop financially handicapping non-citizen physicians
June 3, 2022
Zed’s opinion piece on loan repayment options for non-citizen physicians working in rural areas raises an important issue: for those of us who have a heart for rural medicine, and are here to stay, why should we be “punished” to a late start in life, financially?
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A Lesson in Cultural Humility
March 31, 2022
CLOSER by Johns Hopkins Medicine featured Zed’s article on an important lesson she learned while working at a community health clinic serving the migrant workers: learn about the patient, not just the symptoms.
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Dear Xenophobia: What I Saw on the Frontline
February 14, 2022
Women of Dartmouth production INSPIRE features Zed’s poem “Dear Xenophobia”.