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Physician VoicesOctober 18, 2026

The Pressure of Being a Physician

Dr. Emeka Okafor, MD · Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Dr. Okafor has been an attending hospitalist for six years. He talks about the weight of every signature, imposter syndrome that never fully fades, and why physicians are finally starting to say the quiet part out loud: the system is breaking the people who hold it up.

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