The famed pathologist William George MacCallum once asserted that “a successful pathologist is either single or unhappily married.” While his reasoning likely reflected his unique outlook on life shaped in part by his relationships with movie royalty he was perhaps in a small way prescient. Reflecting on my love of pathology as part of residency […]
Stay Connected, Create Happiness, Be Kind
I am so excited to be returning to Merck Manuals Med Student Stories as a resident physician. Having a few months off before starting residency has been bittersweet. I wish I could travel and see beautiful places while connecting with friends and making new ones in the process. That has been the toughest part. In […]
The Importance of Personal Relationships in Medicine
This was my first week on my general neurology rotations. In addition to encountering the always fascinating variety of neuropathophysiology ,this was a week that firmly underscored how important personal relationships continue to be to the work of caring for patients. Various aspects of this reality were all centered into a single case. The first […]
