General Surgery Resident Nicole Tapia, MD was honored a Surgical Forum Excellence in Research Award at the 2013 American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress held in Washington, D.C. Her work entitle...
by Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, M.D, M.Sc. Every medical student looks forward to "Match Day." Even non-medical people know what this "match day" is . . . . they hear about it from us, read it on our...
by Lauren B. NosanovDr. Diana L. Farmer, an internationally renowned fetal and neonatal surgeon, is Chair of the Department of Surgery at UC Davis Health System, where she oversees more than 250 fac...
by Callie Thompson, MDI have read a lot of discussions about “the right time” to have a baby during a career in medicine and most of them come to the conclusion that there is no right time. I don...
by Sophia K. McKinley Do you consider yourself a leader? For most of medical school, I did not consider myself a leader. To me, leaders were people with big personalities and big visions, the kind of...
by Allison Hoyle, D.O.Fall is the exciting time in our medical education during which our residency interviews begin. It is important to be prepared for what is to come, as these interviews are diffe...
by Brittany Bankhead-Kendall, M.D., M.Sc.Match Day 2012 was supposed to be the best day of our lives. Or one of them, at least. But it was so, so not. Monday morning my husband and I left our respecti...
by Minerva Romero Arenas, MD, MPHSince medical school, I had an interest in oncology. Our professors frequently invited patients and families to come and share with our class how they were personally ...
by Callie Thompson, M.D.Congratulations to all of you newly minted Doctors of Medicine! It is almost time to start your internships! You are probably trying to imagine what it will be like, and you ar...