by Mandy Ohara | Jul 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
While I have been asked, “Really? Another board certification?” …to me the path was unquestionably clear. Having studied mind/body medicine in trainings and practice for years, fellowship and board-certification allowed me to broaden my expertise in Integrative...
by Mandy Ohara | Nov 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
You’re the physician on call. You’ve been paged to the Emergency Department, after getting paged to the Floor, while rushing through clinic. When you arrive, your patient is a 17-month-old former preemie in respiratory distress. You’re confident of the diagnosis at...
by Mandy Ohara | Jan 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
As we wake up in a New Year today, please enjoy this reflection list, and perhaps consider making your own. With gratitude! These are a few of my favorite things………. Sunlight reflecting off water Warm clothes just out of the...
by Mandy Ohara | Jun 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Understanding Trauma Trauma is an experience of not being able to live in the present moment. The central and peripheral nervous systems trigger either fight or flight or dissociative responses, as a means of escaping threatening experiences that are unbearable in...
by Mandy Ohara | Feb 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
My philosophy of education goes well beyond teaching textbook medicine. My aim is to teach not only patient care but also provider wellness. The evidence is clear—provider wellness and quality patient care are inseparable, and I choose to teach medicine with this in...
by Colorgrooves Creative | Nov 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
Excerpts from Dr. O’Hara’s presentation at the New Solutions Conference on Meditation, Trauma, Resilience and the Brain, Washington, D.C. Oct 20,2021 “Dr. O’Hara’s talk was superb…. very powerful and at the same time personal. Her participation was instrumental to...
