I am a person who enjoys intellectual work, solving complex problems, and doing things systemically and methodically. The diverse knowledge an internist has, the tremendous number of diseases an internist can treat and the...
To me, the most important aspect of my future career as a physician, is maintaining a sufficiently holistic view of medicine while avoiding too much compartmentalization. I see myself as a doctor who will...
.“BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!” The annoying shrill sound of my pager jolted me from the depths of sleep during my first IM rotation call night. Within moments, my intern and I scurried through the hospital...
Becoming a mother in medical school has fostered some unconventional, albeit resourceful, moments.There was the time I “wore” my oldest daughter in her baby carrier to the pathology lab after hours so I could...
My career evolution, learning experiences, and my interest in musculoskeletal disability have uniquely directed me towards the field of physiatry. Throughout my clinical rotations I learned from patient contact and disease investigation, but yearned...
It is often impossible to predict where life will take you. While a senior at the University of MidWest, I never expected my life to take me to a place where I’d learn the...
Throughout my years in medical school, I have noticed some interesting parallels between chess, my childhood passion, and the practice of medicine. Chess is beautifully artistic, yet remarkably precise in its strategic demands. This...
The realization that specializing in Internal Medicine was my goal came about during my Internal Medicine rotation, during my Internship year in South Africa. A month into my rotation, my supervisor had to go...
As a bridge between biomedical research and clinical medicine, pathology is the key to correct diagnosing disease and therefore has tremendous impact on patient management. It is an intellectually challenging yet rewarding specialty. With...
I remember the first time I saw the human brain raw and alive. I was observing an aneurysm clipping as a second year medical student. I had studied the brain’s structural intricacies, seen hundreds...
