Mario Trabulsy
Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years experience in the field. She has been a renowned and award-winning Educator at University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, and University of Vermont College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She is a fierce breast cancer survivor, lover and creator of joy, single mother of 3 young adult or teenage boys, a dear friend, advocate for, and mentor to many, an avid outdoor exercise enthusiast and single track mountain biker.
How an Emergency Physician Learned to Embrace Fear
As a 5-year-old child, I had a terrible experience lasting several hours, during which I remember thinking that I should just let the people involved kill me, because the torture of letting them hurt...
Police Brutality, the Fall of Roe, and Why I Take a Knee
My kneecap grinds into the slightly corrugated metal bleacher and I am acutely aware of both my physical and my emotional discomfort. Both rise in me as I take a knee, waiting to once...
When Does Fever in Children Require Medicine? A Doctor’s Advice
Are you anxious about your sick child, and run ragged from going from store to store to store to store only to find empty shelves where you hoped to find children's acetaminophen (Tylenol) and...
Una Temporada de Enfermedad: Como Manejar Infecciones Respiratorias
La temporada de enfermedad ya llegó y si ha intentado hacer cita con su médico ya sabrá que no es fácil, las agendas de los doctores están super llenas. Todavía hay COVID-19 y está...
A Season of Sickness: Managing Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
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Childhood Cancer, My Son, and His Guitar
My son Abe was diagnosed with a very rare bone cancer in his leg in December of his senior year of high school (Read about Abe's experience in the article titled, "Patience and Persistence.")...
Make Your Own College Medical Kit from a College Health Physician
For many of us, the time has come to start prepping for our kids to leave for college. Shopping lists may include shampoo, soap, shower caddy, mattress pad, storage bins, extra long sheets, travel...
The Barrel of a Pill Bottle- A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Story
DISCLAIMER- Mario writes about her personal experience with breast cancer and is trying to articulate the struggles she has with medication side effects, survivorship decisions, and mortality. Many people tolerate hormone blockade without significant...
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, which Vaccine Is Best of All? How Johnson and...
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a renowned and award-winning educator at University of Vermont Larner College...
Lumpectomy versus Mastectomy for Breast Cancer Treatment
Mario…. I’m really sorry.
The disembodied voice came over the phone at 2 pm in the middle of a busy ER where, just moments before, I was the doctor. And now, suddenly, I’m the patient.
I’m...
How I Found Self-Love from a Breast Cancer Diagnosis
I emerge from the pounding surf triumphantly. The saltwater stings my eyes, my hair, coarse with sand and salt and sun, the blue and white surfboard dragging behind me as the calf-deep ocean tries...
Afraid of the COVID-19 Vaccine? Let a Doctor Answer Your Questions!
Please note: Vermont Mom Contributing Writer, Mario Trabulsy, MD is a board-certified emergency physician with over 27 years of experience. She is also a renowned and award-winning educator at University of Vermont Larner College...
My Family’s Trouble and Triumph Themed Christmas Tree
I found out I was pregnant with my first child at the beginning of December 1995. I wanted to surprise my husband with that knowledge as a Christmas gift, so I wrapped the little...
COVID Morbidity and Mortality: Following Death VS. Sickness
“Why are we closing things down, when the mortality rate is only 1%? “ “Lots of people die from the flu- what's the big deal?” “Death rates are going down."
As an emergency physician, I've...