I’m not your typical med student. I’m old. I had a whole different life before this, in Europe. Even though I had wanted to become a doctor since I was a little kid, for one reason or another (money, timing, fear I wouldn’t make it), I decided to do something else. Then I got a […]
Medicine in the Desert
Going through the third year of medical school–trying to choose a specialty–entails experiencing a year-long existential/quarter-life crisis, in the company of 100+ other students also doing the same. While the world right now seems so full of immeasurable opportunity, with every unfulfilled need in science and medicine calling out to the young, bold, and enthusiastic […]
