By Jenna Kwon I heard about it for the first time during a recent meeting with my mentor from the AWS Mentoring Program. As I was telling her I wanted to dedicate more time to research, she advised m...
By: Alix Yurany Baez Ramirez, MD In an operating room, under a mask, you don't know the life story on the other side. What decision has made the person in front of him decide to enter the world of...
By: Dr. Shruti Venkitachalam, Head and Neck Surgeon, Chennai, India It was an early morning surgery. I was the second assistant, retracting for a neck dissection. After almost three hours ...
By Larissa Werneck For centuries, the idea of enhancing human cognition has captivated scientists and thinkers alike. Early experiments in brain augmentation, such as Roberts Bartholow’s 1874 elect...
By… Erin King-Mullins, MD Sustainability has become a critical concern across all sectors, and the healthcare industry is no exception. While large hospital systems often grab headlines for their s...
By Mindy Hong Murphy’s Law—“Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”—has often resonated with me during my medical mission trips. Despite thorough preparation, unforeseen challenges inevi...
By Shaidy Moronta, DO I march along to different appointments with my elderly grandparents—a normal routine for first-generation non-English speaking immigrants. We prefer to serve as the prim...
By: Andrea Iturralde, MD Women in surgery have been in a constant state of evolution. In the early history of medicine, women played a fundamental role in surgery, but by the Middle Ages, they were...
By Carmen Fong, MD, FACS I always said yes. That’s what you’re supposed to do, right? Always say yes because you don’t know which opportunity is going to be “the one” that launches your ...
By Maya Zhou The phrase “food as fuel” is not a novel concept, but I didn’t fully appreciate the truth in this phrase until I started my surgery rotations in medical school. Studying nutritio...
