I’m standing in the Trauma Bay with my heart racing, anticipating the arrival of a gunshot wound victim. Although I’m in my fourth year of residency, an incoming trauma activation still feels as ...
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 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...
By Tanya Anand, MD, MPH and Elizabeth Shaughnessy, MD, PhD A diverse faculty is important for an institution’s continued growth and relevance to its community. Significant investment is required ...
By Marianna Hernandez Brandi When my mom and I moved to Cincinnati, OH in 2005, I was placed in an English as a Second Language (ESL) class. I remember when the teacher would come into my home room a...
By: Ana Sofia Ore, MD MPH My journey away from home started before residency, when I moved to Boston to start my research training. I had fears of how welcoming the city would be to a hispanic woman ...
By Alesha Ramírez Lobato Since I started as a medical student at one of the best universities in Mexico, I have thought about everything that facilitated me getting there. Mainly, I know that it was...
By Dr. Sabreen Al Zamil Ever since medical school, plastic surgery was my passion. I was determined to become a plastic surgeon so I shadowed my professor (who later became my mentor). ...
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...
Patricia Martinez Quinones Remember joyfully singing to the Sesame Street tune “one of these things is not like the others, [...] just doesn’t belong, can you tell which is not like the others ...
