There has been a focus on physician burnout since the pandemic. Do you think this burnout is a result of the pandemic or are there other specific causes?

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Pediatric gastroenterologists, Benjamin D. Gold, MD, and Stanley A. Cohen, MD, share key findings and insights from the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) task force, which investigated burnout among pediatric gastroenterologists, who are at a higher risk. Drs. Gold and Cohen review root causes of burnout today, while discussing the influence of the insurance industry, as well as the impact of social media, on healthcare. Drs. Gold and Cohen offer some strategies and practices for physicians in their day-to-day practice to address burnout.

Root causes of burnout
Why younger physicians tend to burn out
Exhaustion, depersonalization, and other manifestations

Stanley A. Cohen, MD

Stanley A. Cohen, MD, is a pediatric gastroenterologist and founder/director of the Children’s Center for Digestive Health Care in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also an adjunct professor of pediatrics at Emory University in Atlanta. Dr. Cohen received his medical degree from Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed a residency and fellowship in pediatrics at Johns Hopkins University. After serving as a physician in the United States Air Force, Dr. Cohen was appointed director of pediatrics at Massachusetts Rehabilitation Hospital while completing a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Cohen has conducted extensive research on pediatric gastroenterological conditions and has made significant contributions to the medical literature for both professional and lay audiences. His publications include two textbooks for clinicians, as well approximately 100 abstracts and articles. His books for parents and other caregivers include Healthy Babies, Happy Kids: A Common Sense Guide to Nutrition for Growing Years and What to Feed Your Baby: Cost-Conscious Nutrition for Your Infant.
A sought-after lecturer, Dr. Cohen is recognized for the often-humorous titles of his presentations such as Whatever Goes Down May Come Up; The Same Old CRAP: Chronic Recurring Abdominal Pain; Spit Happens: Gastroesophageal Reflux; and Tube Feed or Not Tube Feed. In order to reach a broader lay audience, Dr. Cohen has written or edited numerous blogposts and articles and he is co-founder and director of the medical advisory board of Nutrition4Kids.com, a website with information on a variety of medical conditions and advice on how to make appropriate food choices for specific cases.
Dr. Cohen was founding chairman of the Committee on Nutrition for the American Academy of Pediatrics, Georgia Chapter, and chair of the Physicians Advisory Board of the Georgia Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). In those roles, he is credited with saving more than $52 million which was directed to providing additional care for women and children in Georgia. Dr. Cohen has been recognized by the Atlanta Alliance on Developmental Disabilities and received the Outstanding Physician Award for the Georgia Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. He is also a recipient of the Lay Education Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for his work to promote non-abusive behaviors for students and for the development of a curriculum utilized in school systems throughout the United States.

Stanley A. Cohen, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Center for Digestive Health Care
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine
Founder, CEO and Chair of the Medical Advisory Board Nutrition4Kids
Atlanta, Georgia
Benjamin D. Gold, MD

Benjamin D. Gold, MD, is an attending physician in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the Children’s Center for Digestive Healthcare (CCDHD), co-director of GI Care for Kids, and founder and quality director of the Aerodigestive Center of Excellence at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Gold received his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, completed an internship and residency in pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine, and fellowships at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Prior to his appointment at CCDHC, Dr. Gold was chair of pediatric gastroenterology and director of the division of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at Emory University.
Dr. Gold is a recognized leader in the epidemiology and pathobiology of acid-related diseases in children, in particular, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and other esophageal disease.
At the Aerodigestive Center, Dr. Gold and his colleagues follow approximately 300 medically complex children and at GI Care for Kids, they follow almost 1,100 children with IBD. Dr. Gold has been actively involved in characterizing the gut microflora and its relationship to diet and the management of IBD, as well as GI allergy and eosinophilic esophagitis. His recent research is focused on the role of infectious agents and the microbiome involved in the pathogenesis of pediatric Crohn’s disease as well as the role of probiotics in disease prevention and health maintenance.
Dr. Gold is president of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition and has served the organization in a number of other capacities. He is a sought-after speaker, a reviewer for several prestigious medical journals, and has produced numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, manuals, videos, webinars, teaching aids and other educational material on pediatric GI disease.

Benjamin D. Gold, MD
Attending Physician
GI Care for Kids, LLC
Children's Center for Digestive Health Care, LLC
Atlanta, Georgia

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