By Charoo Piplani, MBBS On a Sunday afternoon, while caring for my COVID 19 positive father at home in India, I decided to give him his favorite yet effective substitute for fluids – coconut water....

By Susan Tsai, MD, MHS For many, the month of May is a time of celebration.  Many look forward to the end of Ramadan with Eid al-Fitr (May 12) or the beginning of summer with Memorial Day (Ma...

By Shan S. Lansing, MD  Access to healthcare has been an increasing concern in the United States for the last several decades. Since 2010, over 130 US rural hospitals have closed, most commonly due ...

By Rachael Essig, MD May 2019 seems like a world away. I had accepted a research position following my PGY-3 year with a critical care fellowship starting July 2020 in a new city. At the time, it see...

By Shan S. Lansing 2020 was the year for virtual medical education. Preclinical students would jest that they were attending Zoom School of Medicine, and whole cohorts of new medical students were in...

By Milena Taskovska, MD  Being a surgeons’ daughter, I thought I was prepared for every possible gender discrimination when pursuing a career in urology, but I was wrong. Soon after starting my re...

By Ashley Meagher, MD, MPH, FACS Mentorship is one of the most important facets of medicine.  We rely on mentors to guide us in medical school, as we choose a specialty. In residency, we are frequen...

By Dr. Rocio Carrera  The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted our lives and plans. Almost a year after the world went into quarantine and after countless losses of lives, jobs, and homes, we can finally see...

By Eanas Yassa Being a female surgeon - how do i get this right? Don’t be too happy, patients think you don’t understand the seriousness of their problem Don’t be too serious, patients think yo...

By Jessa Fogel People ask me all the time how I manage to run every day in medical school, and I usually answer in the same way: “I just really love it.” But sometimes love alone can’t get you ...