Dr. Anna Mirer

07/15/2025

Seriously don’t put them in your ear canal. The urban legends are real, I’ve seen it.

07/01/2025

When Joshua Liston-Zawad’s wife, Symphony, delivered their fourth child, Harlem, at home, the 31-year-old felt excluded.

The midwife would check on Symphony frequently, but not him.

That experience prompted him to do something for the fathers.

In 2021, Joshua launched Dad Doula University to provide non-birthing parents with free workshops on emotional changes, pregnancy and personal growth.

“As you go through becoming a parent, no one educates the non-birthing people or men on how to navigate changes within yourself,” Joshua said.

Doulas are certified individuals who provide emotional, physical and informational support during the prenatal, birthing and postpartum process.

Symphony and midwife Dr. Lakeeta Watts encouraged Joshua to take his struggles and turn them into lessons for others.

Keep reading: https://milwaukeenns.org/2025/06/26/how-one-father-developed-a-doula-program-for-dads/

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06/02/2025

1 octopus. 🐙 2 … octopuses??🐙 🐙Follow along on my journey to never pluralizing the word octopus in public.

05/22/2025

Safer s*x for cis —what? I thought cis men were the dangerous ones. I mean, they absolutely are, but still.

05/07/2025

04/16/2025

That time my patient wound up in the ER with a throat injury cause they didn’t have a screen on their crack pipe. Settle in for story hour. Shout outs to Smokeworks and the Milwaukee Overdose Response Initiative.

02/13/2025

More Neurodivergent Doctor Problems

02/10/2025

I had a great time with Catalina Hamilton Martinez of PT Rehab Center LLC talking about Arthritis and Osteoporosis at Club Vida y Energía. It was my first time giving a talk in Spanish! Luckily we had a great audience who was happy to roll with me. PT Rehab Center is a cash-based physical therapy practice that, similar to my practice, doesn’t require insurance, so check it out!

02/07/2025

Ah. That’s better.

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