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Is a Two-Physician Marriage Double the Challenge or Double the Fun?

By Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP | on September 19, 2018 | 0 Comment
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NO: We would make sure we’d get to the kids’ games or whatever was happening at school. He was able in his group to arrange the schedules so that any of his partners or he could make it at the beginning or the end of the school play. Making time for each other and family is really important.

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We also find great joy in being part of local medical societies and supporting other physician couples or even couples that are one physician and a non-physician spouse. That has been really helpful.

KK: How many kids do you have?

TB: Want some? Four of them.

KK: I’m sure you wouldn’t give any of them up. How old are they?

NO: One is 33. She’ll be 34 in September. The rest are 30, 28, and 25. Our 28-year-old is in her EM residency.

KK: I’ve learned from listening to you two that despite the fact that it can be challenging in any relationship, you have to find ways to make it work, to find the positives, and to overcome the negatives. You two have been very successful in doing that. Thank you very much for your time and congratulations on all of your successes.

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Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP

Kevin M. Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP, is Chief Medical Officer–hospital-based services and Chief Risk Officer for TeamHealth as well as the Executive Director of the TeamHealth Patient Safety Organization. He is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee and Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Klauer served as editor-in-chief for Emergency Physicians Monthly publication for five years and is the co-author of two risk management books: Emergency Medicine Bouncebacks: Medical and Legal and Risk Management and the Emergency Department: Executive Leadership for Protecting Patients and Hospitals. Dr. Klauer also serves on the ACEP Board.

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