But the hospital, if I had not intervened, would have been complicit. I drove a cab in Philly in the late '70s, and some of the most depressing fares I had were people going to the VA hospital and people being picked up at the VA hospital. The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir. It was a gift that they gave me that, then, yes, allowed me to heal in ways that weren't previously possible. Where: Free live streaming event on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. [2] The show stars Dr. Michelle Oakley and follows her adventures usually around her home base of Haines Junction, Yukon [3] and Haines, Alaska. At first glance, this memoir by a sexual assault survivor may not appear to have much in common with The Beauty in Breaking. But the cover of Chanel Millers book was inspired by the Japanese art of kintsukuroi, where broken pottery is repaired by filling the cracks with gold, silver or platinum. and an older woman carrying the burdens of a sick husband and differently abled grandchild. Once I finished the book, I realized the whole time Id been learning.. A graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, she has served as chief resident at Lincoln Hospital in the South Bronx and in the emergency department at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Philadelphia. So I hope that that's what we're embarking on. (SOUNDBITE OF TAYLOR HASKINS' "ALBERTO BALSALM"), DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies, and this is FRESH AIR. But because of socialization, implicit bias and other effects of racism and discrimination, it doesn't happen that way. We are so pleased to announce Dr. Michele Harper as our Chief Medical Advisor! They stayed together . He didn't want to be examined. 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. But one of the things that's interesting about the story, as you tell it, is that, you know, there was this imperative, as there typically are in families of - in battered families, to keep it secret, to keep the whole - keep a respectable front. It wasnt easy. I love the discussion. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. The fact that, for this time, there are fewer sicker patients gives us the time to manage it. I suppose it's just like ER physicians, psychiatrists, social workers and all of us in the helping fields. And you're right. She has a new memoir about her experiences called "The Beauty In Breaking." And that was an important story for me to tell not only because, yes, the police need reform. After some time at a teaching hospital, you went to - you worked at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Philadelphia. And I think that that has served me well. While she waited for John, she took in the scene in the emergency room: an old man napping, a young man waiting for a ride home, a father rushing through sliding doors with his little girl in his arms. So we reuse it over and over again. She just sat there. But Harper isn't just telling war stories in her book. HARPER: No. We'll continue our conversation in just a moment. Photos of Harper the bride wearing her voluminous wedding gown on . Brought up in Washington, DC, in an abusive family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. He is affiliated with medical facilities Baptist Health Floyd and Clark Memorial Health. 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. Is that how it should be? She was in there alone. Penguin Publishing. Harper's first 10 years practicing medicine from an ER in New York City to another in Philadelphia have taught her the . 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. My director's initial response was just, "Well, you should be able to somehow handle it anyway. That is not acceptable, and yet these situations happen constantly. And then I got a call from the radiologist that while there was no pneumonia, she had several broken ribs, different stages of healing, so they happened at different times. You want to just describe what happened here? Of the doctors and nurses on duty, I was the only Black person. What I see is that certain patients are not protected and honored; its often patients who are people of color, immigrants who don't speak English, women, and the poor. DAVIES: This is FRESH AIR, and we're speaking with Dr. Michele Harper. He didn't want to be evaluated. Dr. Michele Harper is an award-winning physician, New York Times bestselling author, and nationally recognized speaker whose work centers on individual healing and social justice. HARPER: There are times and it's really difficult because we want to know. Published on July 7, 2020 05:41 PM. Recorded in Miami [] Whats interesting and tragic is that a lot of us are feeling demoralized, Harper says. A graduate of Harvard University and the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, she has worked as an ER doctor 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. "was reminded, too, of Dr. Albert Kligman's experiments on imprisoned men in Philadelphia from the 1950s to the 1970s. Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. 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. And he apologized because he said that unfortunately, this is what always happens in this hospital - that the hospital won't promote women or people of color. She really didn't know anything about medicine. I support the baby as she takes her first breath outside her mother . Am I inhaling virus? Harper looks each one in the eye. The Beauty in Breaking is the true story of Michelle Harper's journey toward self-healing as she embarks on a career in emergency medicine. She was a Black patient. But there has to be that agreement and understanding or nothing will be done about it. Thats why we need to address racism in medicine. Emily and Dr. Harper discuss the back stories that become salient in caring for patients who may be suffering from more than just the injuries . August 28, 2020. And they brought him in because, per their account, they had alleged that it was some sort of drug-related raid or bust, and they saw him swallow bags of drugs. She spent more than a decade as an emergency room physician. 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 . If you have a question for her, please leave it in the comments and she may respond then. Learn More. He graduated from UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE in 1995. And you said that when you went home, you cried. Michele Harper: Processing what she saw in and out of the ER. HARPER: So she was there for medical clearance. And I thought back to her liver function studies, and I thought, well, they can be elevated because of trauma. I feel people in this nation deserve better.. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. The Beauty in Breaking tells the story of Dr. Harper, a female, African American, ER physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. DAVIES: You describe an incident in which a patient was brought in - I guess was handcuffed to a chair, and there were four police officers there who said he swallowed a bag of drugs, and they wanted him treated, I guess, you know, the stomach pumped or whatever. The pair married in Hawaii on December 10, 1992. DAVIES: You know, the ER doctor has these intense encounters, but they're usually one-time events. They didn't inquire about any of us. 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. Some salient memories that just remind me of the insecurity of it - there would always be some kind of physical violence. . Her cries became more and more distressed. Her story begins with an introduction to her dysfunctional family, her childhood of physical abuse, and her . [Read an excerpt from The Beauty in Breaking. ]. Each step along the way, there is risk - risk to him being anywhere from injured, physically, to death. They stayed . 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. Her vitals were fine. I said, "What is going on?" 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. You got into Harvard, did well there and went to medical school. And you wrote that before the recent protests and demonstrations, which have prompted a lot more focus on the nation's experience with slavery and racial injustice. So for me, school - and I went to National Cathedral School. In her memoir of surviving abuse, divorce, racism and sexism, an emergency room physician tells the story of her life through encounters with patients shes treated along the way. And he said, but, you know, I hope you'll stay on with me. So I replied, "Well, do you want to check? And my mother said, well, she didn't want to pursue charges if it meant my brother was going to be incarcerated. And my staff - I was working with a resident at the time who didn't understand. Harpers crash course on the state of American health care should be a prerequisite for anyone awaiting a coronavirus vaccine. D.C., in a complicated family, she attended Harvard, where she met her husband. She was saying, "Leave. 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. 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? So it felt like there was nothing left to do but continue to live in silence because there was going to be no rescue. Emergency room physician, Michele Harper, grew up in a complicated family. While Harper says shes superstitious about sharing the topic of her next book so early in the process, she is yearning to continue writing. Dr. Harper has 25 years of experience in obstetrics and gynecology. Each milestone came with challenges: Harpers father tried to pass himself off as the wind beneath her wings at her medical school graduation, and her marriage to her college sweetheart fell apart at the end of her residency in the South Bronx. And I felt that if I just left the room and didn't ask that I would be ignoring her pain. All of them have a lesson of some kind. But I feel well. And you give a pretty dispiriting picture of the place in some ways. And when I got follow-up on the case later, that's exactly what had happened. Even before writing her powerful, exquisitely written memoir about the healing of self and others, the extraordinary Dr. Michele Harper was noteworthy: she is among the mere 2% of doctors working in America today who are Black women. I feel a responsibility to serve my patients. Is it my sole responsibility to do that? Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. You're constantly questioned, and it's not by just your colleagues. HARPER: Oh, yeah, all the time. The Wisconsin Book Festival and the UW-Madison All of Us research program collaborate to host a talk by Dr. Michele Harper. It's not an issue. HARPER: The change is that we've had donations. DAVIES: Right. Thank you. There was nothing to it. It's called "The Beauty In Breaking." I'm Dave Davies, in today for Terry Gross. Its not coincidental that I'm often the only Black woman in my department. As a Black woman, I navigate an American landscape that claims to be postracial when every waking moment reveals the contrary, Michele Harper writes. We Hope she misses her camera days and returns to Michigan and the show "Dr. Pol.". Do you think of police in general as being in the helping fields? Their specialties include Obstetrics & Gynecology. But you don't - it's really the comfort with uncertainty that we've gained. 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. She writes, If I were to evolve, I would have to regard his brokenness genuinely and my own tenderly, and then make the next best decision.. June 11, 2021 10:14 AM PT. 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. So I started the transfer. You know, did they pull through the heart attack? I'm wondering if nowadays things feel any different to you in hospital settings and the conversations that you're having, the sensibilities of people around you. (The officers did not have a court order and the hospital administration confirmed Harper had made the correct call.) It's not graphic, but it is troubling. She was being sexually harassed at work and the customers treated her horribly. Dr. Michele Harper is an emergency medicine physician. The Beauty In Breaking is a memoir of her work as an emergency room physician in some of the . She writes, I figured that if I could find stillness in this chaos, if I could find love beyond this violence, if I could heal these layers of wounds, then I would be the doctor in my own emergency room.. DAVIES: I don't want to dwell on this too much. Several years ago, I had applied for a promotion at a hospital. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a . Their stories weigh heavily on my heart. 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. Ive never been so busy in my life, says Harper, an ER physician who also is the author of The Beauty in Breaking, a bestselling memoir about her experience working as Black woman in a profession that is overwhelmingly white and male. Growing up, it was. 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. Join our community book club. Sep 28. We have to examine why this is happening. Her book, The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir. But it was a byproduct. Nobody in the department did anything for her or me. And so that has allowed us to keep having masks. DAVIES: What was going on when you - what made you call that time? Now, of course, there are choices. Her story is increasingly relevant as the aftermath of the pandemic continues to profoundly affect the medical community. She has a new memoir about her experiences in the emergency room and how they've helped her grow personally. This is an interesting incident, the way it unfolded. HARPER: It was another fight. 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. It's emotionally taxing. This final, fourth installment of the United We Read series delves into books from Oregon to Wyoming. But, you know, I'm a professional, so I just move on and treat her professionally each shift. In this gutting, philosophical memoir, a 37- year-old neurosurgeon chronicled what it is like to have terminal cancer. And in reflecting on their relationship, you write, (reading) it's strange how often police officers frequently find the wackadoos (ph). But Im trying to figure out how to detonate my life to restructure and find the time to write the next book.. So the experiences that would apply did apply. There have been clear violations of that mission, deviation from that mission. Be it Mr. Spano, my ex-husband, my . HARPER: Yes, 100%. And as we know from history, this is a lifetime commitment to structural change. Eventually she said, I come here all the time and you're the only problem. I'm also the only Black doctor she's seen, per her chart. What was it like getting acclimated to that community and the effect it had on the patients that you saw? He had no complaints. I ran to the room. Brought up in Washington, D.C., in a complicated family, she went to . And their next step was an attempt to destroy her career. And the police were summoned only once. Also, if you think your job is stressful, take a walk in this authors white coat. And I should just note again for listeners that there's some content here that might be disturbing. She writes about the incident so we always remember that beneath the most superficial layer of our skin, we are all the same. DAVIES: Right. I mean, I feel that that is their mission. Nat Geo WILD. The end of her marriage brought the beginning of her self-healing. She has taken on many leadership roles . 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. It certainly has an emotional toll. Join us for an enlightening discussion with Dr. Michele Harper as she highlights the lessons learned on her inspiring personal journey of discovery and . Dr. Michele Harper is a New Jersey-based emergency room physician whose memoir, The Beauty in Breaking, is available now. And then if we found it and we're supposed to get it out, then we'd have to put a tube into his stomach and put in massive amounts of liquid so that he would eventually pass it. Most of us have had the experience of heading to a hospital emergency room and having a one-time encounter with a physician who stitches our wounds, gives us medication or admits us for further treatment. 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. You want to describe some of the family dynamics that made it hard? Harper shares her poignant stories from the ER with Mitchell Kaplan. Harper tells her story through the lives of people she encounters on stretchers and gurneys patients who are scared, vulnerable, confused and sometimes impatient to the point of rage. Talk about that a little. I want you out of here." DAVIES: I'm, you know, just thinking that you were an African American woman in a place where a lot of the patients were people of color. What that means is patients will often come in - VA or otherwise, they'll come in for some medical documentation that medically, they're OK to then go on to a sober house or a mental health care facility. Coming up, Maureen Corrigan reviews "Mexican Gothic," a horror story she says is a ghastly treat to read. But everyone heard her yelling and no one got up. And, you know, of note, Dominic, the patient, and I were the two darkest-skinned people in the department. You write that the hospital would be so full of patients that some would wait in the ER, and then you would be expected to care for them in addition to those arriving for emergency care. There was nothing to complain about. "Medicine is fraught with racism," Harper said by phone. Her memoir is "The Beauty In Breaking." 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 . 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. Michele Harper An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. The Beauty in Breaking is Dr. Michele Harper's New York Times-bestselling memoir of service, transformation, and self-healing.Longlisted for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction, The Beauty in Breaking explores the meaning of healing at the physical, psychological, and societal levels.Through intimate stories about the healing process, Dr. Harper emphasizes the . Did you feel more appreciated in the Bronx? 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. Tell us what happened. I'm always more appreciated in the community and even within hospital systems. The 52-year-old, best known for her appearances in Embarrassing Bodies and on ITV's This Morning, has moved out of the . Angelina Jolie 's ex-girlfriend Jenny Shimizu also got married recently, tying the knot last week to socialite Michelle Harper. DAVIES: Have things improved? Her book is called "The Beauty In Breaking.". So it felt particularly timely that, for The . Its a blessing, a good problem to have. Weve all seen the signs that say Thank You Health Care Heroes. How does Harpers memoir change how you think of those words? There are limitations in hirings and promotions. If we had more people in medicine from poor or otherwise disenfranchised backgrounds, we would have better physicians, physicians who could empathize more. DAVIES: You know, you write in the very beginning of the book, in describing what the book is about, that you want to take us into the chaos of emergency medicine and show us where the center is. If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org. 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. HARPER: That's a great question, and I am glad we're having the conversations and that there is space for the conversations. I'm the one who ends up standing up for them. No. . And there was no pneumonia. This is FRESH AIR. In her new memoir, she shares some memorable stories of emergency medicine - being punched in the face by a young man she was examining, helping a woman in a VA hospital with the trauma of sexual assault she suffered serving in Afghanistan and treating a man for a cut on his hand who turned out to have incurred the wound while stabbing a woman to death. She has a new memoir about her experiences and how her work with patients has contributed to her personal growth. HARPER: It does. There's (laughter) - it did not grow or deepen. That's what it would entail to do what the police were telling us to do. 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. Written By Dr. Joan Naidorf. Michele Harper is a female, African American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. So I explained to her the course of treatment and she just continued to bark orders at me. Recorded in Miami and Philadelphia. So they brought him in because part of their legal work is to prove it. HARPER: And yes, you know, that's - and I'm glad you bring that up. For me, school was a refuge. She looked fine physically. Situations, experiences, can break us in ways that if we make another set of decisions, we won't heal or may even perpetuate violence. This is a building I knew. She loves following patients through different phases of their lives, helping them to stay healthy and fulfilled. So not only had they done all this violation, but then they were trying to take away her livelihood as well. 5,415 followers. What she ultimately said to me after our conversation was, I just wanted to talk and now, after meeting with you, I feel better. She felt well enough to continue living. Education. You wrote a piece recently for the website Medium - I guess it was about six weeks ago - describing the harrowing work of treating COVID-19 patients. He did not want to be in the ER. Often, a medical work environment can be traumatic for people (and specifically women) of color. Is it different? But, and perhaps most critically, people have to be held accountable when it comes to racism. I had nothing objective to go on. And my brother, who was older than me by about 8 1/2 years - he's older than me. Can you just share a little bit of that idea? We're speaking with Dr. Michele Harper. MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CALL (302)644-8880. She's an emergency medicine physician. Racism affects everything with my work as a doctor. For example, the face shield I talk about is different than the one we have now because we had a donation from an outside company. Fashionista and businesswoman who is known for her eccentric dress style and public appearances. Our hours have been cut, our pay has been cut because healthcare in America is a for-profit system. It was me connecting with her. "We met when we were 15," Mr. Leeb recently recalled . Print this page. . That was just being in school. There's another moment in the book where you talk about having tried to resuscitate a baby who was brought in who died. The Beauty In Breaking by Michele Harper, 9780525537397, available . Her X-ray was pretty much OK. Penguin Random House/Amber Hawkins. That's an important point. 15 likes. She said, well, we do this all the time. Michele Harper, 2020. But the shortages remain. 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 . No. You did. And we have to be able to move on. And you had not been in the habit of crying through a lot of really tough things in your life. He has bodily integrity that should be respected. She went on to attend Harvard, where she met her husband. That's depleting, and it's also rewarding to be of service. I could wrap this up in 10 minutes, and then I could go home. Nope - not at all because different would mean structural change. The officers said we were to do it anyway. Then I started the medical path, and it beat the words out of me. And that's just when the realities of life kicked in. And you write that while you knew violence at home as a kid, you know, you didn't grow up where - in a world where there was danger getting to school or in the neighborhood. Well, as the results came back one by one, they were elevated. But this is another example of - as I was leaving the room, I just - I sensed something. Michele Harper, The Beauty in Breaking. And that was a time that you called. You tell a lot of interesting stories from the emergency room in this book. Series Image. I support the baby as she takes her first breath outside her mothers womb.. This was not one of those circumstances. Her book, The Beauty in Breaking: A Memoir. The emergency room is a place of intensitya place of noise and colors and human drama. This is FRESH AIR. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. And I should just note to listeners that this involves a subject that will - well, may be disturbing to some. She went on to attend Harvard, where she met her husband. There are so many powerful beats youll want to underline. Dr. Michael Harper, MD is an Internal Medicine Specialist in Sellersburg, IN and has over 28 years of experience in the medical field. So he would - when he was big enough, he would intervene and try and protect my mother. Her book is called "The Beauty In Breaking." . . 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. Washington University School of Medicine, MSCI. HARPER: I think it's more accurate to say in my case that you get used to the fact that you don't know what's going to happen. She'll be back to talk more about her experiences in the emergency room after this short break. When I speak to people in the U.K. about medical bills, they are shocked that the cost of care [in the U.S.] can be devastating and insurmountable, she says. www.micheleharper.com. . Harper shares her poignant stories from the ER with Mitchell Kaplan. Not only did he read his own CT scans, he stared unflinchingly at his own life and shared his findings with unimaginable courage. And then there's the transparent shield. Share this page on LinkedIn. So that's what she was doing. She is popular for being a Business Executive. And it's a very easy exam. And I was - the only rescue would be one that I could manage for myself. So I didn't do it. Michele Harper is a female African American emergency room physician in an overwhelmingly male and white profession. 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