Month: December 2021

 By Dr. Sandra Krishnan "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ― Rudyard Kipling  ‘Do you want to do surgery?’  ‘Yes, very badly.’ ‘Anticipation is one of th...

By Ala Khalid   In the USA, more than half of all medical residents are women; meanwhile less than half of surgical residents are women, there is a significant amount of research focusing o...

By Sheina Theodore, MD I was born and raised in NYC. The product of two Haitian immigrant parents. I saw my parents sacrifice everything for me, just so that the playing field would be leveled. I was...

By Shanaz Hossain and Shreya Gupta With the arrival of December, ABSITE (American Board of Surgery In-Training Exam) looms on the mind of every general surgery resident. For interns taking the exam f...

By Habiba Abdullahi Neurosurgery was something I chose quite early on in life. For many people, something or someone was the reason they chose neurosurgery. For me, it was after reading ‘Gifted Han...