Alliance Urology Specialists | Strategic Alliance Partners

"Just really try to have awareness; figure out, what do you really need right now? Once you realize what you need, have compassion, stop the judgment," says Diana Londoño, MD.

"Sometimes, when you just look at people in the eye, you sort of can forget about everything else; you can just focus on that person in front of you," says Diana Londoño, MD.

"You have to take care of those basic needs, because if not, you're not going to have the space to react differently when you're getting triggered," says Diana Londoño, MD.

“Our identity is not just about a title; it's not just about that role. We are much bigger than that,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

“It's really important to pay attention to what's off balance,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

“I didn't want to only get coached; I thought, "Well, if I become a coach, maybe I can share this with others,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

“Listen to your body; these are the signals telling you something is out of balance,” says Diana Londoño, MD.

"It's been pretty consistent that our second-year urology residents are really suffering," says Amanda C. North, MD.

“I am lucky to work for a health care system that believes in serving the patients of the Bronx,” says Amanda C. North, MD.

“Learning how to disengage from stuff that can be pretty toxic and engaged in the stuff that's most meaningful, I think makes our lives better,” says Amanda C. North, MD.

“I couldn't change the fact that it was going to be a few months until I had help. But I could change my own response to the situation,” says Amanda C. North, MD.

"In 2021, we were finally able to demonstrate a statistically significant difference in burnout between men and women in urology with women having much higher burnout rates," says Amanda C. North, MD.

“Approaching wellbeing is a shared responsibility,” says Colin P. West, MD, PhD.

“I think there's a mindset out there that you have to have experienced a particular mental health crisis or some other major sort of breaking point event in your medical career. That's not actually my story,” says Colin P. West, MD, PhD.

“Waiting for others to fix health care is not a good strategy. Instead, be determined to begin your journey to your mountaintop of joy and fulfillment,” says Scott A. MacDiarmid, MD, FRCPSC.