Mohini Dasari
Writing Portfolio
Here you'll find a selection of my essays and opinion pieces featured in The Seattle Times, Doximity, KevinMD and more.
Click on an image to be linked to the corresponding piece.
I was a 2023-2024 Doximity Op-Med Fellow; click here to read all pieces written as part that fellowship, some of which are featured below:
"The First Time I Caused Harm"
A narrative essay about causing unintentional harm for the first time as a resident physician
Jul 2025 | American Journal of Surgery
"Empty Black Circle"
Creative nonfiction essay about the experience of having a miscarriage
Feb 2025 | The Write Launch
"Choosing Me: Leaving Training as an Act of Radical Self-Care"
Op-ed about navigating the difficult decision to leave a toxic clinical training program
Aug 2024 | Doximity Op-Med
"Retaining, not just recruiting, women of color in medicine is vital"
Op-ed highlighting the concerning attrition of female minority surgeons at a large academic medical center
Apr 2024 | The Seattle Times
"I Don't Want to Be a Badass Pregnant Surgeon"
Op-ed about being a pregnant surgical resident
Apr 2024 | Doximity Op-Med
"What I Wish I Knew Before I Reported a Powerful Surgeon"
Op-ed about experiencing retaliation after speaking up against unprofessionalism in the hospital
Jan 2024 | Doximity Op-Med
"So You Think We Should Just Let Him Die?"
Op-ed about how compassionate end-of-life care is the sometimes the most important thing we can provide as surgeons-- not surgery
Jan 2024 | Doximity Op-Med
"The untold struggles of a surgical fellow"
Essay about my struggles in a demanding transplant surgery fellowship and what finally pushed me to leave
Aug 2023 | KevinMD.com
