Welcome to Group Text, a monthly column for readers and book clubs about the novels, memoirs and short-story collections that make you want to talk, ask questions, and dwell in another world for a little bit longer. It's more challenging when that's not the case. Whats interesting and tragic is that a lot of us are feeling demoralized, Harper says. In one chapter, she advocates for a Black man who has been brought in in handcuffs by white police officers and refuses an examination a constitutional right that Harper honors despite a co-worker calling a representative from the hospitals ethics office to report her. Or was it a constant worry? Usually I read to escape. Dr. Elise Michelle Harper, MD is a health care provider primarily located in Frisco, TX. HARPER: So she was there for medical clearance. Situations, experiences, can break us in ways that if we make another set of decisions, we won't heal or may even perpetuate violence. Just as Harper would never show up to examine a patient without her stethoscope, the reader should not open this book without a pen in hand. She says writing became not only a salve to dramatic life changes but a means of healing from the journey that led her to pursue emergency medicine as a career. And so it was a long conversation about her experiences because for me in that moment, I - and why I stayed was it was important for me to hear her. It's emotionally taxing. What I'm seeing so far is a willingness to communicate about racism in medicine, but I have not yet seen change. Learn More. I continued, "So her complaint is not valid. Original release. You constantly have to prove yourself to all kinds of people. You know, hopefully, one day we can do something different. But she wasn't waking up, so I knew I was going to have to transfer her anyway. I kept thinking, This is absurd. Part of me was laughing inside because she thought she could be so ignorant and inappropriate. Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Dr. Harper received her BA in Psychology from Harvard University . If the patient doesn't want the evaluation, we do it anyway. And it felt dangerous. And it was a devastating moment because it just felt that there was no way out and that we - we identified with my brother as being our protector - were now all being blamed for the violence. This Week on The Literary Life Podcast. Their stories weigh heavily on my heart. DAVIES: You describe being 7 years old and trying to understand this. Email this page. Michele Harper writes: I am the doctor whose palms bolster the head of the 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his brain. HARPER: Oh, yeah, all the time. He did not - well, no medical complaints. But I feel well. There was nothing to it. A graduate of . HARPER: Well, what it would have entailed - in that case, what it would have entailed was we would have had to somehow subdue this man, since he didn't want an exam - so we would have to physically restrain him somehow, which could mean various nurses, techs, security, hold him down to get an evaluation from him, take blood from him, take urine from him, make him get an X-ray - probably would take more than physically if he would even go along with it. As an African American emergency room physician currently working in New Jersey, Dr. Michele Harper has not only been forced to constantly prove herself to her colleagues, patients and supervisors, but she has also been compelled to take a stand for people of color and women who are often undermined by the medical community. And there was - there was just something about it that made me more concerned. The past few nights she's treated . It was traumatic brain injury, and that's why she presented with altered consciousness that day. So that's what she was doing. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. How are you? The past few nights shes treated heart and kidney failure, psychosis, depression, homelessness, physical assault and a complicated arm laceration in which a patient punched a window and the glass won. And I was qualified, more than qualified. Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist, Comprehensive Fetal Care Center. DAVIES: And we should just note that you were able to calmly talk to him and ask him if he would let you take his vital signs. There are so many barriers to entry in medicine for people of color: the cost of medical school, wage gaps, redlining, access to good public education and more. There was no bruising or swelling. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Monday, 8/22/2022 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm . She just sat there. Her memoir is "The Beauty In Breaking." Coming up, Maureen Corrigan reviews "Mexican Gothic," a horror story she says is a ghastly treat . She is affiliated with Saint Francis Medical Center. She's an emergency medicine physician. Its 11 a.m., and Michele Harper has just come off working a string of three late shifts at an emergency room in Trenton, N.J. I said, "What is going on?" Our mission is to get Southern California reading and talking. And in that story and after - when I went home and cried, that was a moment where that experience allowed me to be honest. Dr. Michele Harper is an emergency room physician and the author of The Beauty in Breaking, a memoir of service, transformation, and self-healing. Dr. Emily and her family moved to Virginia around June 2019. We'll continue our conversation in just a moment. It was important for me to see her. Let me reintroduce you. . But I just left it. During our first virtual event of 2021, the ER doctor and best-selling author shared what it means to breakand to healon the frontlines of medicine. I spoke to the pediatric hospital that would be accepting her. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the . Whats more important is to be happy, to give myself permission to live with integrity so that I am committed to loving myself, and in showing that example it gives others permission to do the same.. So it did open me up to that realization. So I replied, "Well, do you want to check? Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she attended Harvard, where she met her husband. She wanted to file a police report, so an officer came to the hospital. But I was really concerned that this child had been beaten and was having traumatic brain injury and that's why she wasn't waking up. I'm always more appreciated in the community and even within hospital systems. There's (laughter) - it did not grow or deepen. Harper writes about this concept when she describes her own survival. I enjoyed my studies. In her first book, "The Beauty in Breaking," Dr. Harper tells a tale of empathy, overcoming prejudice, and learning to heal herself by healing others. It's your patients. D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. Michele Harper is a graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. They didn't ask us if we were safe. What's it like not to have follow-up, not to know what became of these folks? And we use the same one. Fax: 1-512-324-7555. She was young. The Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison All of Us research program collaborate to host a talk by Dr. Michele Harper. My trainee, the resident, was white. Each step along the way, there is risk - risk to him being anywhere from injured, physically, to death. You know, the dynamics are interesting there. 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But I could amplify her story because this is an example of a structure that has violated her. So it was always punctuated by violence. Do you think of police in general as being in the helping fields? Our guest today, Michele Harper, is a career ER doctor and one of roughly 2% of American physicians who are African American women. There was all of those forms of loss. And it's a very easy exam. This will be a lifetime work, though. Let me reintroduce you. In that sameness is our common entitlement to respect, our human entitlement to love.. The curtain was closed. And we have to be able to move on. The Beauty in Breaking is Michele Harpers first book. When you visit this site, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Michele Harpers memoir could not be more timely. Accuracy and availability may vary. She was saying, "Leave. After a childhood in Washington, D.C., she studied at Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University. Theres no easy answer to this question. This conversation with ER doctor Michele Harper will cover many of the lessons she's learned on her inspiring personal journey and the success of her New York Times-bestselling memoir, The Beauty in Breaking. She is an advocate of personal wellness and evolution as a foundation for collective liberation. So you do the best you can while you try to gain some comfort with the uncertainty of it all. "We met when we were 15," Mr. Leeb recently recalled . You know, ER doctors and nurses have a lot of dealings with police, and there's a lot of talk about reforming police these days, you know, defunding police in the wake of protests of police killings of African Americans. Michele Harper, The Beauty in Breaking. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. Her memoir is "The Beauty In Breaking." HARPER: Yes, 100%. Dr. Harper has particular interests in high-risk and routine obstetrics and preventive care. The gash came from Harpers fathers teeth. And my brother, who was older than me by about 8 1/2 years - he's older than me. For me, school was a refuge. The constant in Dr. Harper's reflection on these patients is the importance of connection, the importance of asking the hard . Michele D. Thomas, MD Colon & Rectal Surgery. But I think there's something in this book about what you get out of treating these patients, the insight of this center of emergency medicine that you talk about. And it's the end of my shift. Each one leads the author to a deeper understanding of herself and the reader to a clearer view of the inequities in our country. [Read an excerpt from The Beauty in Breaking. ]. . It certainly has an emotional toll. Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. DAVIES: Right. (An emergency room is a great equalizer, but only to an extent.) True enough, Dr. Sharkey was dating her coworker's brother, and he relocated to Missouri. And so when I was ordering her tests, I didn't need to order liver function tests. It was fogging up. Did you feel more appreciated in the Bronx? She received a Bachelor of Science at Bowling Green State University and a Masters of Human Science and Doctorate from National College of Chiropractic. 15 likes. So in trying to cope and trying to figure out what to do, she started drinking, and that's why we're seeing her getting sober. And I specifically don't speak about much of that time and I mentioned how graduation from undergrad was - pretty much didn't go because it was tough being a Black woman in a predominantly white, elitist institution. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Heather John Fogarty is a Los Angeles writer whose work is anthologized in Slouching Towards Los Angeles: Living and Writing and by Joan Didions Light. She teaches journalism at USC Annenberg. I was horrified. D.C., in an abusive family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. The following techniques are used in her office . My being there with them in the moment did force me to be honest with myself about - that's why it was so painful for the marriage to end. A recurring theme in The Beauty in Breaking is the importance of boundaries, which has become more essential as Harper juggles a demanding ER schedule and her writing. The other part of me was pissed off that she felt so entitled to behave so indecently. Theres a newborn who isnt breathing; a repeat visitor whose chart includes a violent behavior alert; a veteran who opens up about what shes survived; an older man who receives a grim diagnosis with grace and humor. Her story is increasingly relevant as the aftermath of the pandemic continues to profoundly affect the medical community. If we had more healthcare providers with differing physical abilities and health challenges, who didn't come from wealthy families that would be a strong start. Coming up, Maureen Corrigan reviews "Mexican Gothic," a horror story she says is a ghastly treat to read. She was healthy. She went on to attend Harvard, where she met her husband. I knew that I would do well enough in school so that I would be independent emotionally and financially, that I wouldn't feel dependent on a man the way that I saw the dynamic in my home, where my mother was dependent upon the financial resources of my father. As an effective ER physician, br. I mean, you say that her body had a story to tell. Know My Name, by Chanel Miller. So they wanted us to prove it and get the drugs out. Photo courtesy of Penguin Random House. Also, if you think your job is stressful, take a walk in this authors white coat. Harper shares her poignant stories from the ER with Mitchell Kaplan. Whatever their wounds, whatever their trauma, it can make them act in this way. Education. So I could relate to that. I mean, was it difficult? In this exquisitely-written, incredibly humane, and inspiring memoir, she tells the story of how she found healing for her own wounds by becoming a healer of others. I mean, it doesn't have to go that way. HARPER: That's a great question, and I am glad we're having the conversations and that there is space for the conversations. I could wrap this up in 10 minutes, and then I could go home. I want you out of here." They have no role in a febrile seizure. HARPER: Yes. And you're right. It wasn't about me. And there was no pneumonia. And is it especially difficult working in these hospitals where we don't have enough resources for patients, where a lot of the patients have to work multiple jobs because there isn't a living wage and we're their safety net and their home medically because they don't have access to health care? That's why it was painful to not have the childhood that I wanted or deserved. Its not coincidental that I'm often the only Black woman in my department. Dr. Michele Harper is a female African American emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. She loves following patients through different phases of their lives, helping them to stay healthy and fulfilled. On the other hand, it makes the work easier just to be the best doctor you can and not get the follow-up. Check out our website to find some of Michele's top tips for each of our products and stay tuned for more. He did not want to be in the ER. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. I mean, did you worry at all that there's a chance he might have actually taken the drugs and that he could be in danger from not getting treated? Michele Harper was a teenager with a learners permit when she volunteered to drive her older brother, John, to an emergency room in Silver Spring, Md., so he could be treated for a bite wound on his left thumb. Recorded in Miami [] DAVIES: Dr. Michele Harper is an emergency room physician. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to . I mean, I feel that that is their mission. Share this page on Facebook. I asked her if there was anything we at the hospital could do, after I made sure she wasn't in physical danger and wasn't going to kill herself. And I should just note to listeners that this involves a subject that will - well, may be disturbing to some. Her physical exam was fine. She went on to work at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Philadelphia. You know, did they pull through the heart attack? Her story begins with an introduction to her dysfunctional family, her childhood of physical abuse, and her . Was it OK? Emergency room physician, Michele Harper, grew up in a complicated family. So the medical establishment, also, clearly needs reform. We may have to chemically restrain him, give him medicine to somehow sedate him. One of the grocery clerks who came in, a young Black woman, told me she didnt know if she had the will to live anymore. So they're coming in just for a medical screening exam. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi. Once I finished the book, I realized the whole time Id been learning.. And then there's the transparent shield. In "The Beauty in Breaking," Dr. Michele Harper shares stories from the field, and how healing patients who've trusted her with their lives taught her to care for herself. You know, I speak about some of my experiences, as you mention, where I was in a large teaching hospital, more affluent community, predominantly white and male clinical staff. So what was different about Dominic was that he's dark-skinned, he's Black and that he was with the police. And if they could do that, if they could do an act that savage, then they are - the message that I took from that is that they are capable of anything. You want to just describe what happened here? DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and we're speaking with Dr. Michele Harper. The experience leads her to reflect on the often underreported assaults on front-line medical workers and her own healing and growth as a physician. It's not graphic, but it is troubling. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Michele Harper is a female African American emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. Dr. Michele Harper is a New Jersey-based emergency room physician whose memoir, The Beauty in Breaking, is available now. 419 following. And she called the hospital medical legal team to see if that was OK and if somehow she could go over me - because she felt that she was entitled to do so - to get done what the police wanted done. And apart from your many dealings with police as a physician, you had a relationship with a policeman you write about in the book, an officer who was getting out of a bad marriage to a woman who was irrational and very difficult. They speak English and Spanish. And they get better. Until that's addressed, we won't have more people from underrepresented communities in medicine. But Harper isn't just telling war stories in her book. THE BEAUTY IN BREAKING (Riverhead, 280 pp., $27) is the riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring story of how she made this happen. As a Black woman, I navigate an American landscape that claims to be postracial when every waking moment reveals the contrary, Michele Harper writes. The Beauty in Breaking tells the story of Dr. Harper, a female, African American, ER physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. Michele Harper has worked as an emergency room physician for more than a decade at various institutions, including as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. Its been an interesting learning curve, Im quicker on the uptake about choosing who gets my energy. Further, for women and people of color who do make it into the medical field, were often overlooked for leadership roles. Turns out she couldn't, and the hospital legal told her that I was actually quoting the law. DAVIES: Eventually, your father did leave the family. DAVIES: We're going to take another break here. And you - I guess, gradually, you kept some contact with your father, then eventually cut off Off contact altogether. 304 pp. I love the protests. That is my mission. Nat Geo WILD. It's yet to be seen, but I am hopeful. I'm the one who ends up standing up for them. This was not one of those circumstances. Racism affects everything with my work as a doctor. This is FRESH AIR. On Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m., well be talking live with Michele Harper on our Instagram. I was the one to take a stand, to see if she was okay and to ask him to leave the room because she didn't feel safe, and she wasn't under arrest. I'm the one who answered the door, and I was a child. DAVIES: And what would they have wanted you to do, other than to evaluate his health? The following review first appeared in The DO magazine. Emergency room doctor Michele Harper brings her memoir, The Beauty in Breaking, to the L.A. Times Book Club June 29. So the police just left. And that gave you some level of reassurance, I guess. She was a Black patient. She now works at Virginia Warren County Veterinary Clinic. I mean, there was the mask on your face. Michele Harper. If we had more people in medicine from poor or otherwise disenfranchised backgrounds, we would have better physicians, physicians who could empathize more. Our hours have been cut, our pay has been cut because healthcare in America is a for-profit system. They're allowed to do it. "You can't pour from an empty cup.". I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR. We know, in medicine, people can make their own decisions. All of them have a lesson of some kind. ColorofChange.org works to make government more responsive to racial disparities. We are so pleased to announce Dr. Michele Harper as our Chief Medical Advisor! She was in there alone. They stayed together . Michele Harper, 2020. Michele Harper An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Nope - not at all because different would mean structural change. Well, as the results came back one by one, they were elevated. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a . She spent more than a decade as an emergency room physician. DAVIES: Yeah. Summary. But it was a byproduct. This is an interesting incident, the way it unfolded. I mean, yeah, the pain of my childhood in that there wasn't, like you said, an available rescue option at that point gave me the opportunity as I was growing up to explore that and to heal and think to myself I want to be part of that safety net for other people when it's possible. she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. And I told the police that not only was that request unethical and unprofessional, it's also illegal. Did you get more comfortable with it as time went on? So it felt like there was nothing left to do but continue to live in silence because there was going to be no rescue. Dr. Harper reflects on her journey from navigating a complicated family in Washington D.C. to attending Harvard, where she pursued emergency medicine and met her husband. They have 28 years of experience. We're speaking with Dr. Michele Harper. This is FRESH AIR. When youre Black in medicine, there are constant battles. These are the risks we take every day as people of color, as women in a structure that is not set up to be equitable, that is set up to ignore and silence us often. She was rushed into the department unconscious, not clear why but assuming a febrile seizure, a seizure that children - young children can have when they have a fever. They left. Several years ago, I had applied for a promotion at a hospital. I had nothing objective to go on. So I call the accepting hospital back to let them know that. So they're recycled through some outside company. It's people outside of your departments. You're constantly questioned, and it's not by just your colleagues. And the police were summoned only once. Harper's first 10 years practicing medicine from an ER in New York City to another in Philadelphia have taught her the . The end of her marriage brought the beginning of her self-healing. But there has to be that agreement and understanding or nothing will be done about it. Michele Thomas, MD, is board certified in colon and rectal surgery . I felt Id lost the capacity to write or speak well, but there were stories that stayed with me this sense of humanity and spirituality that called to me from my work in the medical practice. So if I had done something different, that would have been a much higher cost to me emotionally. As Harper remembers it, The whole gamut of life seemed to be converging in this space., She decided she wanted to become an emergency room doctor because unlike in the war zone that was my childhood, I would be in control of that space, providing relief or at least a reprieve to those who called out for help.. 5,415 followers. In that sameness is our common entitlement to respect, our human entitlement to love.. Join us for an enlightening discussion with Dr. Michele Harper as she highlights the lessons learned on her inspiring personal journey of discovery and self-reflection as written in her New York Times Best Selling memoir, The Beauty in Breaking. Touching on themes of race and gender, Harper gives voice and humanity to patients who are marginalized and offers poignant insight into the daily sacrifices and heroism of medical workers. She casually replied, "Oh, the police came to take her report and that's who's in there." But if it's just a one-time event in the ER and they're discharged and go out into the world - there are people and stories that stay with us, clearly, as I write about such cases. Some salient memories that just remind me of the insecurity of it - there would always be some kind of physical violence. Indeed, Dr. Emily revealed the reasons behind why Dr. Sharkey left in a tweet on February 21, 2020. It's everyone, at all times. His office is not accepting new patients. HARPER: Yes. And usually, it's safe. No. HARPER: No. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia, when he told her he couldn . HARPER: At that time, I saw my future as needing to get out and needing to create something different for myself. She went on to attend Harvard, where she met her husband. And just to speak to this example, I was going for a promotion, a hospital position, going to remain full-time clinical staff in the ER but also have an administrative position in the hospital. She and I spoke for a long time about how she had no one to talk to, and now because of coronavirus, she was even more alone than she used to be. And apart from this violation, this crime committed against her - the violation of her body, her mind, her spirit - apart from that, the military handled it terribly. I recently had a patient, a young woman who was assaulted. He was in no distress. I was the only applicant and I was very qualified for the position, but they rejected me, leaving the position vacant. Dr. Michele Harper sheds light on how the coronavirus pandemic has affected health care workers and the virus's impact on vulnerable populations, and discuss. You grew up in an affluent family in what you describe as some exclusive neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. 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