10/30/2025
It’s been a heck of a month - and year! - at SFP. When I first started the practice two years ago I was terrified that it would be a total flop. But I was tallying up the vaccines we’ve administered in October (crushed our previous record!) and thought it might be fun to do some counting. I’m so proud of what we’ve built, and so endlessly thankful for all of the many, many people who have helped to make this all possible.
I’ve almost quit medicine at so many points - I remember being extremely pregnant once during a rotation on the pediatric hematology-oncology service as a resident (a very heavy place to be), and not being able to get home on a Sunday evening because of a snowstorm, and crying myself to sleep in the call room, missing my other two babies at home and not knowing if I’d get home in time to even see them the next night.
And then the disillusionment at the state of health care in this country, and the challenges coming from all sides - the administrative burdens and profit-driven systems, the lack of physician autonomy and devaluing of primary care and pediatrics, the misguided metrics and insane time pressure, and more.
Building a practice from the ground up hasn’t been easy, but I’ve put my heart and soul into SFP and it’s fun to take a step back and reflect a little bit on what we’ve accomplished! Thank you to our amazing families for entrusting us with the care of your most precious little people. I’m proud that we’ve been able to carve our own independent and creative path in these weird times, and I look forward to seeing what the future holds!
