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Daniela Hermelin, MD Daniela Hermelin, MD (1 Posts)

Fellow Physician Contributing Writer

Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Dr. Daniela Hermelin is originally from South Florida. She graduated from Brandeis University in Boston with a combined degree in music and biology. After medical school at St. George’s University, she started a nutritional and wellness program called Wellness to Be, M.D., which she ran for five years while raising her growing family and before starting our residency program in in 2014. Although her original excitement to pursue pathology was for the anatomic pathology, she was exposed to Blood Banking and Apheresis therapy during her first year and “fell in love.” She is passionate about Transfusion Medicine with particular interests in thrombotic microangiopathies, building integrative clinical pathology consultations, and as a clinician-teacher using social media to expand and transform medical education. She is, a member of the AABB eLearning Committee, a member of the Social Media Transfusion Journal Working Group and a Board Member of the Heart of American Blood Bank Association. Dr. Hermelin will join our faculty as an Assistant Professor this July.

When not engaged in pathology, Dr. Hermelin keeps busy at home with her husband raising their six children, who ages range from thirteen through four years.




Mismatch Repair: My Journey from Pediatrics to Pathology

Published by Maureen Miller, MD, MPH

On St. Patrick’s Day 2014, New York’s coldest in a decade, I was a grass snake banished from the fair isle of pediatrics. In the National Residency Matching Program, just half of one percent of approximately 2,500 pediatrics slots across 194 programs remained unmatched, something like four total positions nationwide.

Handshakes and Shaking Doubt: Reflecting on Being a Woman in Medicine

Published by Arya Shah, MD

In the 1950s, my grandmother wanted to be a doctor. She asked her father for her dowry money, wanting to use it instead to get her medical degree to become the first female doctor in her hometown. She married another doctor and practiced from an office below her home, accepting vegetables and dry-cleaning services as pay.

Battling Burnout and Our Quest for Perfection

Published by Kshama Bhyravabhotla, MD

Two months ago, I woke up one morning at 5:30 a.m., as usual. I played my gym motivation playlist in the shower, ate oatmeal for breakfast, and headed out the door, as usual. I swore at the car that swerved into the lane in front of me without signaling, as usual. An hour later, I pre-rounded on one of my favorite patients, a man with wide, childlike eyes who had a great deal of difficulty expressing his feelings.

You Are Not Alone

Published by Christopher Kuo, MD

The faint glow that is the light at the end of the tunnel hits my face as I realize that intern year is almost over. One would think that having been through the personal loss I have — losing two beloved older brothers at a young age — that intern year would be more than manageable. Yet this past year has been, for me, a chaotic roller coaster ride.

Xiomara P. Urban, MD Xiomara P. Urban, MD (1 Posts)

Resident Physician Contributing Writer

Albany Medical College

Xiomara P. Urban M.D. is currently a PGY-III in the General Psychiatry Residency program at Albany Medical Center. She has successfully matched in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF, and will be starting there in July 2019. At work, she is notable for her enthusiasm, and playful curiosity. This tends to manifest itself with unexpected compliments, and sporadic investigations into changes in their grooming habits. She brings this same energy and inquisitiveness to all her patients regardless of age. Her main interest is in effecting systems of care in order to better serve those they are designed for.