Resa Lewiss MD

equal access, equal opportunity, and equal support and encouragement to be and pursue the things that I wanted to pursue and be as an adult, as a professional, and in my personal life as well.

equal access, equal opportunity, and equal support and encouragement to be and pursue the things that I wanted to pursue and be as an adult, as a professional, and in my personal life as well.

Great question. And I'll more directly address the why the doctor. As I said, it was always in me. Like, I really loved when I had the opportunity to learn the bones of the body. I really was fascinated when we brought in our baby teeth and we left it overnight in the classroom in a glass of soda and we saw the disintegration of the teeth. Like, I really loved understanding...

Great question. And I'll more directly address the why the doctor. As I said, it was always in me. Like, I really loved when I had the opportunity to learn the bones of the body. I really was fascinated when we brought in our baby teeth and we left it overnight in the classroom in a glass of soda and we saw the disintegration of the teeth. Like, I really loved understanding...

the functioning of the human body, learning the names. I'm a big word person. I loved words and I studied Latin even in high school. And I just loved that a physician had a knowledge base, was decisive, and it was a very practical field. And it just, I really, I always liked blood and guts and I liked watching scary films that were gory. So I just told myself like, this seems right.

the functioning of the human body, learning the names. I'm a big word person. I loved words and I studied Latin even in high school. And I just loved that a physician had a knowledge base, was decisive, and it was a very practical field. And it just, I really, I always liked blood and guts and I liked watching scary films that were gory. So I just told myself like, this seems right.

And then when I went to university, I told myself, if I do well in these classes, then that's a message. And I did well in my pre-medical studies classes. And then when it actually became time to spend time in a hospital to get that exposure, I was surprised with how comfortable I felt in a hospital, in a medical environment.

And then when I went to university, I told myself, if I do well in these classes, then that's a message. And I did well in my pre-medical studies classes. And then when it actually became time to spend time in a hospital to get that exposure, I was surprised with how comfortable I felt in a hospital, in a medical environment.

And I thought it was interesting, the patients that came in, their questions, their cases, their problems, and to have that knowledge to help people was very attractive. To your question regarding emergency medicine, when I went to medical school, I was very attracted to surgery and the general surgery specialties.

And I thought it was interesting, the patients that came in, their questions, their cases, their problems, and to have that knowledge to help people was very attractive. To your question regarding emergency medicine, when I went to medical school, I was very attracted to surgery and the general surgery specialties.

And one of the reasons was because there was an actual doing things with your hands and that action-oriented part of the practice that I really liked. However, I knew I didn't love surgery. I liked it. And I really felt that to pursue that path, you have to love it and you have to always want to be in the operating room. depending on what you call it, the theater or the operating room.

And one of the reasons was because there was an actual doing things with your hands and that action-oriented part of the practice that I really liked. However, I knew I didn't love surgery. I liked it. And I really felt that to pursue that path, you have to love it and you have to always want to be in the operating room. depending on what you call it, the theater or the operating room.

I was comfortable. I liked it, but I didn't love it. And when I looked around, the surgeons I met loved it. So I did a year of research in my third year of medical school. And when I returned for my final year of medical school to get right back into the mindset of clinical medicine, I did an emergency medicine rotation. And immediately I was like, oh my goodness, where have I been? This is it.

I was comfortable. I liked it, but I didn't love it. And when I looked around, the surgeons I met loved it. So I did a year of research in my third year of medical school. And when I returned for my final year of medical school to get right back into the mindset of clinical medicine, I did an emergency medicine rotation. And immediately I was like, oh my goodness, where have I been? This is it.

I see men and women and children and elderly. I take care of patients presenting with heart attacks and strokes and cuts and fractures and abdominal pain and pregnancy related. I just loved it. The variety, the practicality, and also I got that fix of doing procedures that you would do in an operating room, but you don't have to go to the operating room.

I see men and women and children and elderly. I take care of patients presenting with heart attacks and strokes and cuts and fractures and abdominal pain and pregnancy related. I just loved it. The variety, the practicality, and also I got that fix of doing procedures that you would do in an operating room, but you don't have to go to the operating room.

So again, like if someone has a cut or if someone has broken a bone and you can create the splint. So I was using my hands and doing those quote procedures, but it wasn't something that took the same intensity, both time-wise, resource-wise, and intention as going to the operating room.

So again, like if someone has a cut or if someone has broken a bone and you can create the splint. So I was using my hands and doing those quote procedures, but it wasn't something that took the same intensity, both time-wise, resource-wise, and intention as going to the operating room.

Is that what keeps you going? So you're onto something. I definitely like the variety. I like that there's always going to be every day, every shift is going to be different. And I think you and I have touched a little bit. I know we'll probably get more on sleep. I identified as someone that didn't need a lot of sleep. I actually hadn't gotten fully on board that sleep was necessary for health.

Is that what keeps you going? So you're onto something. I definitely like the variety. I like that there's always going to be every day, every shift is going to be different. And I think you and I have touched a little bit. I know we'll probably get more on sleep. I identified as someone that didn't need a lot of sleep. I actually hadn't gotten fully on board that sleep was necessary for health.