Welcome to Med School
Wow, I can’t believe my first week of medical school is already over! I can truly say it was one of the best and most memorable weeks of my life. From white coat day to simulating trauma cases with...
View ArticleThe Frail Doctor: Depression and our Oath
A year or so ago while biking on the coastline of the Puget Sound, not long after the death of my grandma, I asked my dad whether his increased exposure to death as a physician eased the pain of his...
View ArticleThe White Coat
I live in Chicago, which means I own many coats. I have a coat for when summer fades to fall, when the winter is slowly overtaken by spring, and, of course, for the dead of winter. All of these coats...
View ArticleExpectations
Before the beginning of medical school, most soon-to-be-students experience a creeping anxiety whether they admit it or not. I found myself feeling the same way one warm night in July. I met up with...
View ArticleStill Waiting for Someone to Pinch Me
Photo courtesy of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This year’s White Coat Ceremony at Mount Sinai took place on September 15, just days after our first midterm. The night was filled with a...
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