On this week’s episode, Dr. Jessi Gold joins the Black Woman’s Confidant to discuss finding humanity in medicine. Dr. Jessi Gold is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System, an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and the author of How Do You Feel? One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine. As psychiatrists, Dr. Nicole and Dr. Jessi also give insight on how you can care for yourself when you are busy taking care of others and how you can be an ally to your fellow doctors.
About Dr. Jessi Gold
Jessi Gold, MD, MS, is the Chief Wellness Officer of the University of Tennessee System and an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. This inaugural leadership position encompasses all five University of Tennessee campuses, UT Knoxville, UT Chattanooga, UT Southern, UT Martin, and UT Health Science Center, and makes up about 59,000 students and 19,0000 faculty and staff. In her clinical practice, she sees healthcare workers, trainees, and young adults in college. Dr. Gold is also a fierce mental health advocate and highly sought-after expert in the media on everything from burnout to celebrity self-disclosure. She has written widely for the popular press, including for The New York Times, The Atlantic, InStyle, Slate, and Self. Her first book, HOW DO YOU FEEL? One Doctor’s Search for Humanity in Medicine is out October 8, from Simon Element, and available for preorder now. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania (with a degree in anthropology), the Yale School of Medicine, and the Stanford University Department of Psychiatry, she spends her free time traveling with her friends, watching live music (especially Taylor Swift) or mindless television, and on walks with her dog, Winnie. Find her on X, Instagram, TikTok, or Threads @DrJessiGold.
Read Dr. Jessi’s New Book
New Book: HOW DO YOU FEEL? One doctor’s search for humanity in Medicine. Out 10/08, and available for preorder: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-Do-You-Feel/Jessi-Gold/9781982199777
