Dr. Tiffany Moon

And it's like when you have to hide certain facets of yourself, you're not showing up as your whole authentic self. And it just sucks. It doesn't feel authentic. And I always felt when I was a practicing academic anesthesiologist, which I still am, that I needed to act, look, and behave a certain way for other people to take me seriously.

When I walk into a patient's room who has cancer or who got in a bad car accident and needs to have their femur pinned, and I say, hi, I'm Dr. Moon. I'm going to be your anesthesiologist today. I thought that I needed to look and behave a certain way for people to take me seriously because I look young, I'm Asian, I'm small, and I'm a woman.

When I walk into a patient's room who has cancer or who got in a bad car accident and needs to have their femur pinned, and I say, hi, I'm Dr. Moon. I'm going to be your anesthesiologist today. I thought that I needed to look and behave a certain way for people to take me seriously because I look young, I'm Asian, I'm small, and I'm a woman.

When I walk into a patient's room who has cancer or who got in a bad car accident and needs to have their femur pinned, and I say, hi, I'm Dr. Moon. I'm going to be your anesthesiologist today. I thought that I needed to look and behave a certain way for people to take me seriously because I look young, I'm Asian, I'm small, and I'm a woman.

And a lot of times I would walk into patients' rooms and they would be like, oh, are you going to be our doctor? And I'm like, I pretty much just said that I, like I introduced myself as the anesthesiologist. And then halfway through the conversation, sometimes the patient or their family member will be like, do you know when the doctor's coming in?

And a lot of times I would walk into patients' rooms and they would be like, oh, are you going to be our doctor? And I'm like, I pretty much just said that I, like I introduced myself as the anesthesiologist. And then halfway through the conversation, sometimes the patient or their family member will be like, do you know when the doctor's coming in?

And a lot of times I would walk into patients' rooms and they would be like, oh, are you going to be our doctor? And I'm like, I pretty much just said that I, like I introduced myself as the anesthesiologist. And then halfway through the conversation, sometimes the patient or their family member will be like, do you know when the doctor's coming in?

And I'm like, what are, who did you think I was this whole time? And I just really thought I needed to be serious and have a facade of professionalism. So no talking about fashion or beauty, no talking about rap music, just had to be very prim and proper at all times. And I think somewhere in my mid thirties, I was like, I'm fed up. Like I want, I just want to be myself. I want to be funny.

And I'm like, what are, who did you think I was this whole time? And I just really thought I needed to be serious and have a facade of professionalism. So no talking about fashion or beauty, no talking about rap music, just had to be very prim and proper at all times. And I think somewhere in my mid thirties, I was like, I'm fed up. Like I want, I just want to be myself. I want to be funny.

And I'm like, what are, who did you think I was this whole time? And I just really thought I needed to be serious and have a facade of professionalism. So no talking about fashion or beauty, no talking about rap music, just had to be very prim and proper at all times. And I think somewhere in my mid thirties, I was like, I'm fed up. Like I want, I just want to be myself. I want to be funny.

I want to be able to joke around. I don't want to have this facade of seriousness all the time just so that people will take me seriously.

I want to be able to joke around. I don't want to have this facade of seriousness all the time just so that people will take me seriously.

I want to be able to joke around. I don't want to have this facade of seriousness all the time just so that people will take me seriously.

That's really funny. I don't know that most people know all those things.

That's really funny. I don't know that most people know all those things.

That's really funny. I don't know that most people know all those things.

Oh my gosh, that's such a good question. I don't know if it was like one day a light bulb went off in my head and I thought like, wow, look at everything I have. When that little girl who was six years old was on a plane by herself coming from Beijing to JFK,

Oh my gosh, that's such a good question. I don't know if it was like one day a light bulb went off in my head and I thought like, wow, look at everything I have. When that little girl who was six years old was on a plane by herself coming from Beijing to JFK,

Oh my gosh, that's such a good question. I don't know if it was like one day a light bulb went off in my head and I thought like, wow, look at everything I have. When that little girl who was six years old was on a plane by herself coming from Beijing to JFK,

not knowing any English, she could not imagine that this was the life she would live, that she would be at a professor at a medical school, have people coming up to her, telling them that they're inspired by her, having this big, beautiful house that she lives in. Like I never had grandiose dreams like this.