By: Sarah Bueno Motter As an international medical student, doing elective rotations in the US brings us many challenges, but this experience also can open unexpected doors. I would like to tal...
By: Dr. Zeel Sheth The healthcare industries of developing countries like India have seen an enormous gain in the past few decades. Developing countries have taken up multi-track strategies, inc...
Alexis L. Woods, MD Being comfortable with my queerness is not something that always came easy to me. I grew up in a Southern household where homophobic comments were common. As a result, I had a ...
By: Christine Castater, MD, MBA Congratulations! You've completed surgical training and are now a junior faculty member. This is the culmination of years of research and training, and this transition...
By Aeryn Kangas-Dick, MD The art of surgery is the art of connection. As surgeons, we have the unique privilege to meet our patients in times of need and offer them real, concrete, often rapid so...
By: Dr. Evelyn Coile The house is silent. The house is silent for the first time in the last 16 years of training. Both kids received the news this week that they landed their first summe...
By: W. Tyler Crawley Pride in residency is difficult, especially in surgery. How you are evaluated and how you are able to participate within the operating room are directly decided by the attending ...
By: Alexis Moren The progress of LGBTQ+ rights has seen significant advancements globally, although challenges remain. Over the past few decades, there have been major milestones such as marriage ...
By Gopika SenthilKumar, PhD I still remember the news of the 2008 economic crash playing everywhere within a few weeks of us arriving in the US. As a first-generation immigrant family, this meant the...
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery: The Best Specialty You Know Nothing About By Jaclyn Tomsic The famous philosopher Confucius once said, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a d...
