Patients are harmed by physician burnout

The growing prevalence of physician burnout and its grave harms are now recurring headlines. Among specialists, neurologists have a particularly high risk of burnout.1 In recognition of the seriousness of this problem to American neurology, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) empaneled a task force to study the problem in all its dimensions, including career satisfaction, work–life balance, and well-being. Their recent reports on the prevalence, causes, consequences, and mitigation of the epidemic of neurologist burnout and the possible strategies to enhance career satisfaction should be studied carefully by all neurologists.2–4