I am about 45 minutes from the end of my night float shift, that dangerous hour all residents learn to wait through with baited breath, when my pager goes off. Pushing the button to silent its insistent beep, I read the text: “STAT 4-9876.” I am slightly bemused. STAT pages ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Republished with permission from here. At 8 a.m. every morning of the work week, I show up to class and make every bit of a dramatic entrance — slapping high fives to people in the front row, ... Read more
Luke Murray
Updated June 26, 2019 by Luke Murray
Are you ready to become a doctor? Making the transition from undergraduate to medical school student, and on to being a full time doctor can be exciting and intimidating at the same time. There are ... Read more
Marissa Sutera
Updated June 27, 2022 by Marissa Sutera
When John Flanagan was 5 years old, he began suffering from migraines. “One of the things my doctor asked me to do was go and get my eyes checked,” says the British-born Dean of the ... Read more
Suzanne Barston
Updated August 25, 2022 by Suzanne Barston
Well Baby visits can be stressful for both physicians and the new parents – not to mention the baby! Discussions of neonatal care, height and weight development, and the achievement of milestones can take up ... Read more
Brian Wu
Updated March 19, 2019 by Brian Wu
When did you know you wanted to be a doctor? the pre-med asked. Maybe it should have been an easy question to answer, but it wasn’t. I have friends who have known as long as they ... Read more
Megan Riddle
Updated June 27, 2022 by Megan Riddle
Unfortunately, roughly half of all applicants to American allopathic medical schools will not receive an acceptance letter this spring. If your application process has concluded in this disappointing manner, ask yourself these questions before you ... Read more
Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Updated June 27, 2022 by Anubodh “Sunny” Varshney
Dr. Barbara Pro, a medical oncologist in Philadelphia, is a Thomas Jefferson University-Kimmel Cancer Center physician, as well as a professor and director of the Cutaneous Lymphoma Center. Dr. Pro received her MD from University ... Read more
Juliet Farmer
Updated June 27, 2022 by Juliet Farmer
I remember being a third year medical student and reading Bob Wachter’s piece in the New England Journal of Medicine that made the term “hospitalist” mainstream. I was intrigued. I matched at the University of Chicago, which was ... Read more
Vineet Arora
Updated March 19, 2019 by Vineet Arora
Life as a med student is a blur of tests and clinicals with many nights of bleary-eyed studying in less-than-ideal spaces. The whole combination of classes and clinical shifts has its toll on the body.Having ... Read more
Shire Lyon
Updated June 27, 2022 by Shire Lyon
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