Our Purpose
To promote the professional and personal success and well-being of every woman physician.
Our journey
Pink Coat, MD was created by two Ivy-League friends, Dr. Tammie Chang and Dr. Luisa Duran, who first met as Freshmen at Brown University nearly 20 years ago. Both incredibly compassionate souls called to serve others as physicians, they dedicated their lives to becoming the very best physicians only to discover they would suffer silently from physician burnout and consider leaving medicine far too soon. Determined not to give up on their childhood dreams, they discovered a path towards empowerment and wellness through personal growth, leadership development, and most importantly, community. After learning that countless other women physicians are struggling in silence, they created Pink Coat, MD to enable all women physicians to thrive!
Our Mission
To engage and energize female physicians to best care for themselves and others through professional collaborations and a safe community that help female physicians do their best work and live their best lives!
Our Vision
To improve families, communities, and organizations around the world by increasing the number of strong, joyful, self-compassionate female physicians practicing medicine, serving as leaders and revolutionizing medical culture for the better.
Our values
Compassion
Act out of compassion
Love
Love who you are and what you do
Optimism
Stay positive, even during tough times
Vulnerability
Be vulnerable
Elevate
Elevate others
Our founding team
Luisa Duran, MD
Co-Founder of Pink Coat, MD
Dr. Luisa Duran grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where today she loves practicing as a board-certified endocrinologist. A graduate from Brown University, where she earned her bachelor’s and medical degree, she fell in love with endocrinology after researching diabetes at the Joslin Diabetes Center with Harvard Medical School.
Tammie Chang, MD
Co-Founder of Pink Coat, MD
Dr. Tammie Chang is board-certified pediatric hematology/oncology physician practicing in the Pacific Northwest. She is the Medical Director of the Provider Wellness Program for her health system, and Founder and Director of her hospital’s Pediatric Cancer Survivorship Program.
Betsy Flanagan, MBA
Co-Founder of Pink Coat, MD
A strategic innovator with a passion for personal, professional, and business growth, Betsy Flanagan has worked with leading companies — McKinsey, Kaiser, LinkedIn, Blue Shield of California, and others — to develop strong and effective leaders.
Sarah Rutledge
Marketing Director
Sarah brings her years of marketing experience to Pink Coat, MD! She is also a Certified Lactation Counselor, mother, foster parent, Peloton fangirl and gluten free cooking enthusiast.
Kelleigh Pearson
Executive Assistant
Kelleigh brings over a decade of experience as an executive assistant to Pink Coat, MD! She lives in the Midwest with her husband and daughter.
Our collaborators
We’ve partnered with leading experts in a variety of fields such as business, law, social sciences, technology and mindfulness to create a suite of resources including professional coaching, mindful self-compassion, peer support, parenting, family and relationship support, to help female doctors do their best work and live their best lives!
Barbara Kaplan, RYT500 and SEP
Expert Self-Compassion and Yoga/Meditation Instructor
Marcilie Smith Boyle, MBA
Parenting and Life Coach
Jessica Notini, JD
Principal of Notini Mediation, Facilitation & Training Services
Yashoda Bhaskar, MD
Life and Certified Money Coach
Marion McCrary, MD, FACP, NBC-HWC
Primary Care Internal Medicine Physician
Denis Udall, MEd
Mindful Self-Compassion Teacher
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