Below are just two examples of promises President Obama has made to “cure cancer”: 2009 address to Congress: “Our recovery plan … will launch a new effort to conquer a disease that has touche...

By Minerva Romero Arenas  I remember the first time I diagnosed cancer. I was a 3rd year medical student and was at one of our schools medical student-run  Clinics Commitment to Underserved Peopl...

By Nickey Jafari During my first year of medical school, my class had the honor of having Dr. Jeffrey Piehler, a retired thoracic surgeon, come speak to us. You may know him as the author of the Ne...

By Ainhoa Costas Chavarri In the beginning, there is the excitement: The promise of interesting new people! exotic new places! shiny new things! Everything is wonderful in this daydream world...

Lately I’ve started noticing a common theme- in public and private conversations, in various parts of the internet, the gathering of momentum. In November of this year I attended the Millin Meet...

By Minerva Romero Arenas Throughout residency my family and friends have offered their thoughts on my working during holidays. The following essay is some food for thought based on the many opinion...

By Shree Agrawal Saying yes is complicated, powerful, and full of potential. Celebrities like Shonda Rhimes, known for her Thursday night television series and recent book, Year of Yes, and Ryan S...

By Shree Agrawal We will now start featuring a new blog post each Sunday as well as Wednesday! Our Sunday post will be a reflection or question from AWS members.  Follow our blog (enter your ema...

By Kelley Bullard The two most powerful words in any language are YES and NO. When my daughter was two and a half, she earnestly asked one day from her car seat: “Can I drive when I’m old...

By Stephanie Bonne My newsfeed is punctuated by the screaming of anger, fear and rhetoric. An argument articulated in bursts of 140 characters. An argument that cannot be won. The ebb and flow o...