By Anna Sabu Kurian Third year of medical school is one of the most important and interesting times because it helps you find your specialty of choice in medicine. The world of surgery might seem int...
By: Barbara Buccilli, MD Of all the things I learned in medical school, the one lesson that will always stay with me throughout my career is that medicine is continually evolving, and as doctors, we ...
By Karla Arana As a fourth year medical student going through the residency application process, I have been told that residency only gets harder, with increased responsibility and longer hours. Es...
By: Kavitha Ranganathan, MD Satisfaction in one’s career can come from a variety of places. In fact, most of the time, it has to come from a variety of places. Don’t place all your eggs in one ba...
By Dr. Kathryn McElhinney One of the most challenging aspects of our careers as surgeons is delivering bad news to patients, but it is also one of our most important jobs. No matter the subspecialty,...
By Dr. Victoria Haney and Dr. Christy Teal As of 2020, breast cancer has become the most common cancer in the world (study). Overall survival has significantly increased in the past 20 years due to i...
By Dr. Barbara Buccilli My initial exposure to neurosurgery was through awake surgery. I began my internship in the department, and I immediately joined an ongoing research project on awake surgeri...
By Carolina Torres Perez-Iglesias International Medical Graduates (IMGs) currently make up 25% of all licensed physicians in the United States and a fifth of all first-year residency positions annual...
Interview by Agata A. Szulia, MD This series of interviews seeks to amplify the voices of female surgeons who are actively engaged on social media. Through sharing their perspectives, expertise, gl...
By Hemu Yeluru “You have a future in surgery…” Six words that I never thought I would hear, and I never knew how badly I needed to hear before that night. It was 7:30 PM on a hot summer Tue...
