Cherisa Sandrow
I am a board-certified Family Medicine physician licensed in 30 states, a telemedicine clinician, coach, and digital health consultant. After years of full-spectrum practice, personal trauma, and professional upheaval, I found myself reckoning with burnout, identity loss, and a healthcare system that no longer reflected why I entered medicine.
My work now sits at the intersection of healing, leadership, spirituality, and healthcare transformation. Through writing, coaching, and collaboration, I support physicians in reclaiming themselves, their expertise, and their sense of purpose — while continuing to practice medicine in ways that are humane, sustainable, and aligned.
This blog is a reflection on that journey.
Latest Writing
The Great Unlearning: A New Beginning
I’ve spent most of my life trying to do everything right.
Work hard. Be the good doctor. The good mother. The good wife.
For a while, I thought I was living the dream—delivering babies, caring for families, and balancing my career in family medicine with raising two amazing daughters. But what happens when doing everything right brings you to your knees? When the system you’ve trusted turns against you? When the life you’ve built, brick by brick, suddenly crumbles beneath you?
