The holidays have finally arrived—my favorite time year! It is such a special time because the holidays bring together our family, friends, and colleagues. It’s a time where we can celebrate our blessings and express our gratitude for one another before kicking off the new year! Shopping for a medical student, doctor, or health care […]
Autopsy Rotations: Returning to My First Patient
In medical school, we are often told upon entering the cadaver lab that the bodies in front of us should be treated as our first patients. For most of my colleagues, this is largely rhetorical as while we should obviously respect our cadavers—most physicians hope to never see a patient in the morgue again. As […]
Should You Pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH)?
Several pre-meds applying to medical school have asked me whether or not they should apply to combined MD and Master of Public Health (MPH) programs—or at least consider pursuing an MPH in the future. For anyone unfamiliar with my background, I obtained my MPH at Yale during my 3-year gap between college and medical school. […]