I have a really difficult last name. Some of you might be the same way. Moghavem. It’s got an exotic consonant, a sound that doesn’t even exist in the English language (where ‘gh’ is the placeholder), and several ways to pronounce the whole thing — depending on how the English speaker decides to break it […]
About Nuriel
The Long White Coat
Stanford does a funny thing. Most medical schools ascribe to an old tradition: medical students get white coats up to their waists, residents to their thighs, and attendings to their knees. It’s a quick way to maintain a hierarchy of experience and knowledge and a shorthand for who in the room bears the most responsibility. […]
Friends in Strange Places
I have friends in very strange places. It’s a bit deliberate: throughout college and after, I’ve tried hard to make and keep friends outside of my premedical and medical education. Why would I ever do that? As a premed — and especially as a med student, it can be very tempting to make friends with […]
