Experience the emotional installation by artist Jeremy Rosario, part of a coordinated effort to expose the stigma surrounding doctors’ mental health struggles. Commissioned by Disappearing Doctors, these handcrafted portraits of real doctors lost to suicide were created using donated medical supplies from doctors’ workplaces.

Join us at COhatch The Gateway in Ohio through October 20th as we begin the process of changing attitudes and policies to finally give doctors the support they need.

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Even before the COVID-19 crisis, doctors around the country feared losing their livelihoods and medical licenses for speaking up about their mental health. Healthcare professionals are burning out, and forced to live in a culture of silence.

This mental health stigma can be lethal. Impossible expectations and pressure leave doctors feeling guilty, ashamed, and isolated with nowhere to turn.

That’s why we’ve partnered with Sermo to provide a safe, supportive online community for physicians, by physicians.

Discover a safe haven to speak up at Sermo.com.

Just because they’re doctors doesn’t mean they can access the best medicine. Medical professionals face unjust barriers to mental health care and threats to their medical licenses for speaking up.

Learn more at DisappearingDoctors.com

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Dr. Ryan Fryman

August 24, 1972–March 8, 2023

Some things can’t be replaced.

A great sense of humor. An ability to listen. A passion to help others. Dr. Ryan Fryman was more than just a doctor, he was also a son, husband, brother, father, and friend to many.

He dedicated his life to helping those struggling with addiction but had nowhere safe to turn when he needed the same. Like many other physicians, he didn’t think he could get the help he needed while maintaining privacy. Fearing professional repercussions for seeking support.

In the words of Dr. Fryman’s wife, “It makes me sad to know that someone who helped save so many couldn’t save himself.”

Doctors are being used and discarded. But they are not disposable.

Learn more at DisappearingDoctors.com

Dr. Scott Jolley

May 20, 1965–February 19, 2021

Doctors are asking for help. The system isn’t listening.

Dr. Scott Jolley. ER doctor, lover of the outdoors, level-headed, thoughtful—some of the characteristics that made people love him.

He was also an aging physician in a fast-paced specialty. He asked time and time again to lighten his workload, but in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, his pleas went unanswered. His workload increased and his stress skyrocketed.

He knew he needed to care for his mental health.

But, insurance only covered treatment in his own hospital. Treatment from his very own colleagues.

Afraid he’d be unable to practice medicine if he were admitted into his treatment facility, he took unpaid leave and sought outpatient care.

When outpatient care wasn’t effective, he was admitted into the psychiatric unit at his own hospital—to be seen by his colleagues was a psychologically painful and embarrassing experience.

“What are they going to think of me?”

“What kind of gossip is going to be talked about in the hallways?”

Dr. Scott Jolley was discharged and died by suicide in the days following.

We can’t expect doctors to work beyond their limits. We can’t leave our doctors without a safe place to turn. We can’t limit access to our doctors’ healthcare resources.

Change is happening. Join the change at DisappearingDoctors.com

Dr. Anita Lang

September 16, 1967–December 8, 2020

Doctors are being stretched to their limits.

Despite the many certifications, the patient testimonials, the compliments and achievements, there is a weight that often follows our physicians.

Dr. Anita Lang was one of those physicians. A perpetual learner, devoted to her family who prioritized the well-being of others.

But instead of focusing on the good she had been doing, she became focused on her mistakes; the patients who were still struggling, and the patients who faced poor outcomes.

She knew she was struggling, but like many others, she didn’t know where to turn.

In the words of Dr. Lang’s daughter, “A doctor is supposed to fix other people versus being fixed; where do you go for help?”

This way of working can’t go on forever. Learn more at DisappearingDoctors.com