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Dana Corriel, MD
ALL OF MY PAST ARTICLES, SQUISHED INTO ONE ITTY-BITTY SPACE.
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Board Games
Branding
Chronicles
Commentary
Digital Advice Quickies
Discoveries
Dissecting
Entrepreneur
Healthcare
Other
Pop Culture
Social Media
Social Media & Branding
The Good-ish Parent
Travel Tales
Digital Advice Quickies
Mindset of Branding Tips
Capturing Eyeballs on the Online Highway
On Vulnerability
How To Choose the Right Topic for Your Next Blog Post
Adam Sandler Wows with Schneider, Apatow, and Even “Logan”!
Are Three Extra Letters Worth the Effort?
Not Actually In Charge: The Irony of Being a Doc Today
How I Raised an Amazing Kid (I’m Biased, Of Course, But I Still Did!)
Medicine is an Art as Much as a Science
“Should I Build My Own Website?” the Doctor Asked
Think Outside the Box
Love Really Does Conquer All
Travel On the Airwaves
Remember that There’s a Real World, Too
Don’t Be Afraid of Anyone’s Bark
Frequent Introspection Fuels Growth
Don’t Let Others Steer Your Boat
The Digital World is Still Untapped
Unravel Your Digital Space
The Multi-Pronged Approach to Skinning the Healthcare Cat
What if We Made the Healthcare Worker Bees Happy?
Speaking Sock & Feeling Festive
Doctors Are Leaving, But the Corporate Healthcare Joysticks Play On
Society’s Success Paradox
Garg’s Firing Squad Virality Represents More than Meets the Eye
It’s All in Marketing
The Pit in My Stomach
Branding Tip for Doctors: #10
Branding Tip for Doctors #9
Branding Tip for Doctors: #8
Branding Tip for Doctors: #7
Branding Tip for Doctors: #6
Branding Tip for Doctors: #5
Branding Tip for Doctors: #4
Discovering Family
Discovering The Embrace
Branding Tip for Doctors: #3
Branding Tip for Doctors: #2
Branding Tip for Doctors: #1
Roasting Asparagus with Children
Code Names
Coffee Mugs.
Puerto Rico, Baby.
More Humor, More Gusto, More Lynette 2.0s
Twelve FAVORITE Board Games Our Dual-Physician Family Loves to Play
Is Design Thinking the 2021 Trend?
Settlers of Catan: Not Settling for JUST a Game
How Physicians Can Regain Control by Building Online Brands
Bring Back the Warmth Healthcare Has Lost
What Does a Spoon and a Physician Have in Common?
Is Online Branding Really THAT Important to a Professional?
What is the Difference Between a Facebook Personal and Business Page?
A Video Light Recommendation
The Noise on Social Media
The Wimpy Kid 10-Second Challenge
“Put Me in the Corner,” Said No One. Ever.
Alone in that Truman Show Boat
I’m a non-traditional non-conformist..
The Ring Light I Use
Kickin’ My Water Up a Notch (Video)
Own Your Online Real Estate: Tip from License to Live Conference
Standardized Testing does Not Encourage Out of Box Thinking
The Validation of a Little Blue Check Mark
Unprompted Kindness Makes for Life Lesson
Should We Apologize on Social Media?
“How Do You Handle Online Trolls as a Professional?”: A Video Commentary
The Push of No
Your Fate is In YOUR Hands
Advice for All
My very own Sirius Black
Judging Sculpture By its Cover
Stock Images: Yay or Nay?
Physician Branding: What Are They Saying when You’re Not in the Room?
Cutting through Uncut Gems
The Right Side of a Hurricane?
Social Media Confidence: A Story
Should you Tell Your Boss about your Side Gig?
Avoid Online Custody Battles Where it Come to Online Brands
Walking the Social Media Tightrope
Word to the Wise for My Physician Friends
The Bumpy Branding Journey
Branding Tip: Find Your ‘Bam’
If You Build It, They Will Come
IPhotography Idea: Just One
iPhotography Idea: Incorporate Real Life Wonders
The Life Walls that Stand in Our Way
Aftermath Scars
Free Modeling? Heck Yes!
An Old Friend Named Brad
Actually.
An Old Relic Dusted Off
A Brave, and Really New, World
An Incident On the Ski Slope
The (Un)Focus.
Italy, Pre-COVID
When You Just Can’t Focus
Laugh or Cry: A COVID-Era Dilemma
Canceled Your Vacation Plan Because of Corona Virus?
Things to Do While Stuck at Home: Quoridor (a video)
A Post-Confession Confession
Wedded Bliss But Parenting Diss
To Recline or Not to Recline – that is Today’s Question
Atasha Jordan
Jennifer Yanowitz
How to Earn the Title “Best Mad Libber”
What’s Up with Children & Wintertime T-Shirts?
When A-aron Eats She-Takes
Michael Emmerich
Bruce Epstein
Connie Sullivan
Marlene Wust Smith
Joannie Yeh
Rebirth: My Blog Gets an Overdue Vision Makeover
A New Year’s Confession: Goodbye and Hello
The Basketball Shoes Story
Robert “Sully” Sullivan
Rosiane Alfinito Roeder
Linda Wachtel
Board Game Recommendation and a Blue Memory
Jamie Simon Corsair
Karen Corriel
Jodi Tenzer
Nadine Haruni
Lisa Hirsch
Lisa Tener
5 Reasons Why I Bought My Kid a Coin Jar
Miranda Thomson
When a Good Idea Smells Like Cinnamon and a Fart
Ragav Sharma
My Two Cents on Social Media
Finding the Right Fit When Searching for a Primary Care Doctor
3 Most Important Qualities to Consider When Picking a Primary Care Doctor
A Spoonful of Sunday Inspiration
On Flexing Creativity Muscle and Happiness Infusions
What if Einstein Lived in a Selfie World?
I’m Going, Going, Back, Back, to Harvard, Harvard
Should Facebook Meddle in Healthcare?
Under Pressure: When Freddie Mercury Sings Our Truth
Physician Reviews: Should Doctors Prioritize Pleasing?
Game of Thrones, Meet Flu Season!
Normal is a Myth: 7 Reasons Why Broadway’s Percy Jackson is Worth Taking Your Child To
Johns Hopkins CTY Summer Program, Part II: a Teen’s Reflection on the Experience
Resilience: Not Just for the Vintage
She Coined the Term But Was No Imposter
My Friends Didn’t Take a Day of Art Class, But Created a Masterpiece
Gag Gift Finds at the Mall: Urine for a Laugh
Getting the Low Down on Johns Hopkins CTY Summer Camp
10 Ideas for Turning Travel with Children into Fun
Physicians are the Superheroes, NOT the Villains
Did Curiosity Really Kill the Cat?
Does Companionship in Old Age Reduce Loneliness?
“Why is Your Profile Pic Half a Head?”: A Creative Twitter Thread
My Fourth of July: a Bit of the Fun
23 and Me or Mon-ey? (A Twitter Thread)
Different Folks, Different Strokes: The UCLA Stroke Team
Tackling Ferris Bueller.. on MY Day Off
The Curious Incident of the Cup in the GOT Scene
What if a NYC Donut Helped Make a Point about the Healthcare Problems of Today?
Burned to a Crisp: How I Bounced Back From Burnout
New Construction: a 10-Tweet Story (about Luke Perry & Strokes)
Deconstructing Health: A Profile That Touched My Heart
A Protection Poem: Vaccination Protection in Rhyme
Scotland with Children: 3 Nights in Edinburgh (& Tips)!
Loneliness Sucks.
Canada Ski Slope – 1, New Jersey Doctor – 0.
From Pauper to Billionaire: Life Lessons from a Paper Toy Flap
Funny Thing About Parenting: Lessons from our Children
Are 94 Kisses Enough? (A Mother’s Perspective)
PJs at 8 & a Reverse Tuck Goodnight: On Getting Older
Quick Thoughts on Physician Dedication (From my FB Page)
Toot With No Apologies: Treatment for Imposters
13 Tips for Taking Fabulous iPhone Photos (Just What the Doctor Ordered)
Embracing Rejection: The Beatles Said Go Go Go When My Counselor Said No No No
5 Top Reasons Physicians Should Take on Social Media (& What is #SoMeDocs?)
Nutty Medical School Memories: Stuck Between Barbara Streisand and an Almond Joy
Your Doctor May Need Lessons from the Local Used Car Salesman
Emotions Aren’t Just Baggage, They’re Louis Vuitton Carry-On
Great Scott! A Professional McFly Dissects the Power of Memories
54 Baguettes Heavier: Tips from 8 Nights in Paris with Kids
Take Two Double Standards and Call Me in the Morning
Hi, I’m Your Doctor, and I’m a Recovering Imposter
To Achieve Happiness, Diversify your Life, Not Just Income Stream
On Tweeting: 14 Tips for Tackling the Blue Bird (aka Twitter)
A Chris Martin Switch
Your Doctor May Need a Tip With That Prescription
The Punch that Killed Houdini May Kill Your Doctor, Too
The Unmeasurable: The Technology Threat of Today (What Side Are You On?)
Primary Care Medicine: Like A Box of Chocolates (A Poem)
The Art of a Professional Selfie: Pushing Past Selfie-Anxiety
Surprise Ending: A Health Insurance’s Pre-Authorization Denial
Hour 1. The Doctor’s Journey into Social Media
New Platform for Doctors on Social Media
Care to Take On A Little Board Game Challenge?
A Week in Portugal and Spain: The Itinerary of One Family of Five
Peer-to-Peer Pressure: Venting About Pre-Authorizations (Part I)
Measuring Quality in Motherhood: Am I A Good Mom?
Professionals on Social Media: Avoiding Imposter Syndrome
Real Life Lesson: You Can’t Be Everyone’s Cup of Tea
The Human Touch: Yes or No in Medicine?
Behind the Veil of Fear: Diving Into Social Media as a Professional
5 Steps to Diving into Social Media as a Professional
6 Tips to Combat the Formidable-Temper-Tantrum
Somewhere Between Reykjavik and Snaefellsnes, I Jumped
Time to Say GOOP-Bye (to Pseudoscience)
“What Do I Know? I’m Just a Board-Certified Internist.” (An Ode to the Flu Season)
Aspen: Penning A Memory & Dispensing Our Pearls
Looking For Your Knight: the Search for a Loyal Primary Care Doctor
Iceland: The Ice-ing on the Cake (Tips from Our Family Vacation)
Full Throttle Motherhood: Suddenly Mom
I’ve Had to Swap My Stethoscope for a Magnifying Glass to Cope with Opioids
Thank You, Tormentor Zero. Love, A Chia Pet.
A Medical School Tragedy that Saved Lives
GUEST POST: Facing Cancer without Fear: 7 Strategies That Helped Me during My 3 Battles with Cancer
The Day the Screening Sirens Cried Wolf: Importance of Prediabetes
GUEST POST: Do No Harm-Ony
8 Ways of Finding the Happy Person Inside You
Screening Fallacies: On Becoming a ‘Thoughtful’ Screener
In With A Cough, Out With a Credit Card & Coffee
As the School Bell Prepares to Ring: A Day of Juggling the Work-Life Balance
Collaborating Over Lipstick
“The Doctors Who Did This Should Be Hanged” & Other Statements Made From Behind a Screen
GUEST POST: Three Major Mistakes to Avoid in Your Workout Routine
A Bar Mitzvah Abroad: Our Family Trip to Israel in More Than Words
GUEST POST: What is a Calcium Score? A Cardiologist’s Take
Virtual Break: A Social Media Cleanse for the Soul
*Ask the Expert*- Pediatric GI
GUEST POST: Bossy Saves Lives
No, We Cannot Vacation in Africa this Weekend & 10 Other No’s I’ve Told My Son
A True Story: Words of a Doctor and Poet (Guest Post)
34 Days of Ruby Slippers
4 Project Ideas for Teaching Children Empathy
‘Ask the Expert’ – A Neurosurgeon Answers Readers’ Questions
When Patients Become Therapists
Inspirational Spotlight: Shikha Jain, MD
Doctors Defying Stereotypes: 7 Doctors with Brains and Style
‘Ask the Expert’ – An Allergist Answers Readers’ Questions
Letting the REAL Doctor Stick It In: A Resident Doctor’s story
Gender Revolution – an LGBT Event and Documentary Screen
8 Reasons Your Child Should Play Board Games
Flashbacks Over Whine: Dissection of a Mid-Store Tantrum
Malpractice Makes Perfect: Questions Answered
‘Ask the Expert’ – A Urologist Answers Readers’ Questions
Chore Buckets 101: Make a Unique Chore Chart
Behind the Scenes of a Three-Boy Household
Malpractice Makes Perfect
GUEST POST: Through the Crystal Ball: Risk Scores and Imprecision in Medicine
Unique Activities in NYC, Part Two: The Wink That Saved the Game:
Baked It-Cod-Not-Get-Any-Easier
Eight Ideas for Staying Happy
Doctor. Patient. Whose Side Are You On?
8 Ways to Limit Sugar (in Children)
So Much More Than Meets The Eye
Unique Things To Do in NYC, Part One: The Queen of Hearts Brandishes a Knife
What in the World Are Prebiotics
Coffee: Friend or Foe?
GUEST POST: Would You Like a Burger With Your Bypass?
Pretty-Please Roasted Chickpeas
Take Things With a Migraine Of Salt
Disneyland Makes Medicine Magic
An ‘Uncommons’ Day Spent in Board Game Heaven
Have You Hugged Your Doctor Today?
Paying It Forward: An Orange Thingamabob Helps Out a Stranger
My Main Squeezes: The Tools in My Life
Laughter is Medicine: An Orange Thingamabob Teaches Us a Lesson
Your Body is a Wonderland
Straight From the Horse’s Mouth
Over-The-Counter Antibiotics: a Satirical Commentary
Meeting Your New Doctor Can Come With Some Baggage
Plan Your Next Medicine-Toss: Conquering a Polypharmacy
Attending a Tribute to Oliver Sachs
Sensationalism in Medicine
Should We ‘Salut’ on a Nightly Basis?
The Day I wore a Superhero Cape
Cookie Equals Insomnia? A Story.
Two Sides to Every Story, Unless It’s on Facebook