Physician Wellness

Memphis VAMC Lactation Room Information

Locations:

• 4th floor, main bed tower (F406)- code press 2&4 at the same time and then press 3, semiprivate
• Women’s Locker Room- Room# AWG11, PIV access, private
• Women’s Center- Room# 5206B, private

Milk Storage Capability: Milk storage is available for 4th floor and Locker Room

Point of Contact:
Charmin Thomas, DNSc, APN, BC
Women’s Veteran Program Manager
Memphis VAMC Women’s Center 5109 B
901.523.8990 Extension 6612
Charmin.Thomas@va.gov

Baptist Memorial Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location: GME Suite - 6025 Walnut Grove, Suite 417 – Plaza One

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Regional One Health Lactation Room Information

Location: Rout Building Room E233 (when buzzed through the double doors take a right and it is the first door on the right).

Milk Storage Capability: Storage available in the Stollerman Library – Resident Lounge, Room A528

St. Jude Lactation Room Information

Locations:

Milk Storage Capability: Located in most Mother’s room. Call Occupational Health for more details regarding refrigeration and storage.

Point of Contact for Mother Room Reservations:
Occupational Health
901.595.2531

Methodist University Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location: 1 Thomas, Administration Hallway

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location:

• Main Hospital
  • 4^th Floor (near Pod A and Pod C)
  • 5^th floor (PICU area)
  • 9^thand 11 floor.

• Research Tower
  • Resident Education Space, 6^th floor
  • Ground floor near North elevators.

Milk Storage Capability:

• Main Hospital - Resident Work Room , 12^th floor
• Research Tower – Resident Education Space – 6^th floor

Point of Contact for Research Tower Room Reservations:

Derrell Bryant - 901.287.5319
Vanessa Hodges - 901.287.6756

Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown

Location: OB/GYN Residency Offices, 7th floor

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

Location: 3rd and 6th floor lactation rooms (near visitor elevators); EM Residency Offices; resident sleep rooms

Milk Storage Capability: Unit breakrooms and Emergency Medicine Residency offices

Ascension Saint Thomas West

Location: 4th floor lactation room; 1st floor medical education sleep room

Milk Storage Capability: Cardiology, Surgery, and Internal Medicine trainee work rooms

Saint Francis Hospital

Location: 7th floor at end of hall on postpartum unit.

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

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• How to Practice Mindfulness Throughout Your Work Day

• Guided Meditations – Meditations that Free the Heart
• Insight Timer (app)
• Metta Hour Podcast

• Alcohol Intake
• Anxiety
• Burnout
• Depression
• Self-Compassion
• Stress
• Work Life Balance

Next Steps

• Aid for Impaired Residents (AIRS)
• UT Health Science Center Counselor, Clay Woemmel

• Calm
• Headspace
• YogaGlo
• Naturespace (Apple)
• Breathpacer (Apple)
• Lightning Bug Sleep App (Android)
• Sleepytime
• Well-Being and Burnout

• ACGME Requirement (see Section VI)
• ACGME Well-being Website (toolkit for program directors)
• National Academy of Medicine
• AAMC
• AMA

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• The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Christopher K. Gerner
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• Working towards Wellness: Exploring Burnout and Resiliency in Physicians by Anita Everett, MD
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