>> THESE DAYS WOMEN ARE RISING IN THE RANKS REAR WORLD. BUSINESS LEADERS AND
POLITICIANS AS WELL AS
MEDICINE.
>> WOMEN MAKE UPSO MANY OF THE
GREAT MEDICAL TEAMS RIGHT HERE
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA INCLUDING
THE DOCTOR FROM THE EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENT AT OSCEOLA REGIONAL
MEDICAL CENTER.
>> YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE HER FROM
SOME OF MY SK DOCTOR
INTERVIEWS.
THEY BE RECOGNIZING HER WORK IN
THE COMMUNITY AND HOW SHE
CONTINUES TO GET HEALTH
RESULTS.
JOINING US NOW IS THE DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE AGAIN.
TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY
SCHEDULE.
GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF
BACKGROUND.
I KNOW YOU VERY WELL BUT FOR
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT KNOW YOUR
LIFE AND HOW YOU GOT INTO A
ABOUT HOW THAT ALL PLAYED OUT.
>> SO I THINK HOW I GOT INTO IT
I GOT A DOCTOR SEVEN I WAS FOUR
YEARS OLD AND NEVER LOOKED BACK
SO NOT SUPER INTERESTING THERE.
>> MAY BE GOOD CHRISTMAS GIFT
FOR LITTLE GIRLS.
>> A PERFECT GIFT.
IF YOU COULD DO EVERY CHRISTMAS
THEY MIGHT NOT TAKE WHEN THEY
ARE FOR MIGHT TAKE WHEN THEY
ARE FIVE OR SIX.
I GREW UP ALL OF THE WORLD
BECAUSE MY PARENTS JOBS.
MY DAD RETURNED TO
SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR THE UN WE
MOVED A LOT AND SO MY BROTHER
AND I WERE ALWAYS IN A
DIFFERENT COUNTRY GOING TO
SCHOOL IN A DIFFERENT PLACE
WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND OF
COURSE HAD TO BE DURING THE
THAT WOULD ONLY MAKE SENSE.
>> OF COURSE AND WE WERE
TALKING BOARD BEFORE WE WENT ON
WERE TALKING ABOUT WRITING YOUR
FIRST BOOK AND HOW A LOT OF
TIMES WOMEN DO NOT GO FOR
OPPORTUNITIES.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> I TURNED TO WRITING I THINK
PRETTY EARLY.
ALYSSA STARTED WRITING PROBABLY
WHEN I WAS FIVE OR SIX YEARS
OLD.
WHEN WE WERE ON ALL THESE
PLACES NOT SPEAKING THE
LANGUAGE I WOULD BASICALLY JUST
LIKE PETE PEOPLE AND SAY WHAT
ARE THEY SAYING WERE THEY
TRYING TO TELL ME.
IT IS KIND OF SURVIVAL BECAUSE
YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY’RE SAYING AND YOU DO NOT
KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.
LIKE ANY KID YOU HAVE YOUR FAIR
SHARE OF BULLYING AND PREJUDICE
IN SUCH SO I WOULD JUST WRITE
ALL THE STUFF DOWN.
ALL THESE THINGS I THOUGHT
PEOPLE WERE SAYING OR MAYBE IT
WOULD FILL IN THE BLANKS FOR
THEM.
SO THAT IS KIND OF HOW IT
STARTED.
HOWEVER MY FIRST BOOK IS
COMPLETE SERENDIPITY AND I
THINK IT SPEAKS TO WOMEN SHOULD
DEFINITELY GO FOR
OPPORTUNITIES.
I WAS A FOURTH-YEAR MEDICAL
STUDENT AND I REALLY WANTED TO
HAVE THIS BOOK.
IT WAS CALLED RS EMERGENCY
MEDICINE.
THE REASON I WANTED IT IS
ALWAYS GOING TO DO FOR THE
ROTATION AND I WANTED TO
IMPRESS SOME LIKE STUDY
EVERYTHING BEFORE I GO AND I
LOVE THIS PARTICULAR SERIES
BECAUSE I HAD NOT USED IT FOR
THE OTHER SUBJECTS.
I CANNOT FIND IN THE BOOKSTORE.
SO THEN I WENT TO THE COMPANY
WEBSITE AND CANNOT FIND IT
THERE.
THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO SO NO
LIKE AN OVERNIGHT AMAZON.
SO THEN I CALLED AND THEY KEPT
TRANSFERRING ME.
EVERY TIME I WOULD SAY A
SENTENCE OR TWO AND I WAS
PRETTY DESPERATE SOUNDING.
THEY WOULD JUST TRANSFER ME.
SO FINALLY I GOT TRANSFERRED TO
A WOMAN WHO SAID TALK TO ME
ABOUT THIS BOOK.
WHY DO YOU WANT THIS BOOK SO
BAD.
>> I SAID THIS IS THE BEST
SERIES AND I NEED THIS BOOK
BECAUSE THESE BOOKS HELP ME
STUDY AND I WILL IS THIS
ROTATION.
AND I JUST TOLD HER HOW
IMPORTANT IT WAS THAT I HAVE IT
AND I HAVE IT RIGHT AWAY.
SO SHE SAID LISTEN I TELL YOU
WHAT WE DO NOT HAVE THAT TITLE
BUT MAYBE YOU COULD WRITE IT.
I SAID WHAT?
I HAVE NEVER WRITTEN ABOUT
BEFORE.
AND SO THAT WAS THE BEGINNING.
SHE WALKED ME THROUGH IT.
HER NAME IS ELIZABETH, MY
MENTOR FOR WRITING WAY BACK
FROM THE DAY.
I WILL NEVER FORGET HER.
>> SO BESIDES BEING AN AUTHOR
YOU’RE A MOTHER OF FIVE
CHILDREN AND YOU ARE ALSO HAVE
HAD 18 NATIONAL AWARDS.
SO TELL US KIND OF WHAT YOU ARE
DOING NOW AND WHAT YOU’RE
EXPECTING TO DO OVER THE NEXT
COUPLE YEARS?
>> I WORK FOR ENVISION
PHYSICIAN SERVICES.
IT’S AN AMAZING COMPANY AT THE
CORE OF THEIR MISSION IS TO
STAFF EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS.
BUT THEY ARE MUCH MORE THAN A
STAFFING COMPANY.
THEY’VE GIVEN ME A LOT OF
OPPORTUNITIES WHICH IS WHY IT’S
NOT A JOB BUT MORE LIKE A
CAREER.
SO WAS AN ER PHYSICIAN AND WORK
IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS HERE.
HOLMES OSCEOLA SO REGIONALS
WHERE I WORK MOSTLY.
SO WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT
WHAT I DO IS I FEEL I CAN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY.
SO IS MENTIONING EARLIER THAT
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I WAS
ALWAYS PUT IN SITUATIONS WHERE
I DID NOT SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.
LITERALLY PEOPLE GO TO THE ER
BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE A
PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR.
THEY WOULD GIVE US PILLS AND
INSTRUCTIONS ARE LANGUAGE MY
PARENTS CANNOT UNDERSTAND.
SO I’M VERY FAMILIAR FIRSTHAND
WITH THE POWER OF LANGUAGE IN
THE HANDICAP OF NOT HAVING THE
WORDS.
AND I THINK THAT REALLY HELPS
ME IN MY JOB TODAY BECAUSE I
LISTEN NOT JUST WITH MY EARS
BUT WITH MY EYES AND WITH MY
WHOLE SELF AND I FEEL LIKE THAT
HAS REALLY COME FROM GROWING UP
THAT WAY.
>> IT CERTAINLY GIVES YOU A
BEDSIDE MANNER THAT YOU DO NOT
ALWAYS SEE.
AND DOCTOR DELAND WE SPOKE A
LOT ABOUT EMERGENCY ROOM
SITUATIONS IN WHICH A NOTE TO
GO TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM OR AN
URGENT CARE CLINIC.
I AM JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW
YOU SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE
WORKING WITH FIVE CHILDREN AND
IN AN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT
IS SO STRESSFUL.
FOR SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT HAVE
KIDS YET, AND IS THINKING ABOUT
THAT, HOW DO YOU RECOMMEND
YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE IN
STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENTS AND
STRESSFUL CAREERS THAT THEY CAN
HAVE THAT BALANCE.
>> THE BALANCE IS SO HARD.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I LOVE IT.
I THINK MY ADVICE FOR WOMEN
WOULD BE GO FOR IT AND GO WITH
IT.
SO GO FOR IT MEAN IF
OPPORTUNITY IS PRESENTED THEN
DO NOT HESITATE.
IF IT’S PRESENTED TO YOU THAN
SOMEBODY THAT YOU WERE GOOD
ENOUGH SO NO NEED TO PUT
YOURSELF DOWN.
PEOPLE DO THAT FOR FREE FOR
YOU.
>> THAT IS FOR SURE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> SO I THINK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
THE OPPORTUNITIES.
ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME WHEN I
WAS PREGNANT WITH MY DAUGHTER
IS ALWAYS LISTENING TO SHERYL
SANDBERG’S BOOK LEAN AND.
SHE SAID WOMEN APPLYING FOR
JOBS ONLY APPLY FOR A POSITION
AFTER RELEASE 100 PERCENT
QUALIFIED.
RESMED WILL APPLY IF THEY HAVE
ABOUT 40 PERCENT OF
QUALIFICATIONS.
SO IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
JUST GO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
BECAUSE AS WOMEN AND MOTHERS WE
HAVE LOTS OF SKILLS A
CONSTANTLY NEGOTIATING AND
CONSTANTLY ALTERNATING BETWEEN
BEING FIRM AND DIPLOMATIC AND
GETTING THE HOUSEHOLD UNDER
CONTROL.
SO LOTS OF THINGS WE CAN FIGURE
OUT ON OUR OWN.
SO I THINK WOMEN SOMETIMES STOP
THEMSELVES FROM GOING FORWARD
AND I DO NOT THINK THAT IS