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Robin Schoenthaler aims to bring clarity to our chaos and maybe meaning to the madness. Through thoughtful essays, articles and stories, she engages her audience on topics ranging from cancer and Covid to parenting and purpose.

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Robin Schoenthaler, MD is a cancer doctor, mother, writer, traveler, and storyteller. Raised and reared in California, Robin moved to Boston in 1992 for a long career as a cancer doctor working with patients at Massachusetts General and Emerson Hospitals. During that time she also became a solo parent, a writer, a better friend and family member, and a global citizen. Through the stories of thousands of patients and readers, she has developed a unique perspective on medicine, parenting, pandemics, being human and the circle of life.

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COVID UPDATE – May 23, 2020

by Dr. Robin Schoenthaler | May 23, 2020 | COVID

Hi, I'm back as Robin-the-Boston-cancer-doctor-who-writes-about Covid. (And it’s okay with me if you want to share this.) In Massachusetts, numbers are definitely better. As of Friday we “only” had another 630 deaths, down from last week’s 900. And there’s 700 fewer...