By Alicia Greene Congratulations! This is a moment that you will always remember. Many of you have dreamed about being a physician for several years. Not only are you going to be a physician, but you...
By Yewande Alimi As we progress through the month of February, the month also dedicated to Black History, I reflect on the notion of diversity and inclusion in the field of surgery. After the gut-w...
By Tiffany Sinclair, MD My saggy ovaries – that is what I’ve been calling them since I found out that I have “diminished ovarian reserve,” a term used to describe decreased reproductive poten...
By Hannah Case The first two years of medical school, I found myself fighting with an inexorable desire to be in the operating room. Surgery seemed alluring; addictive almost, yet I fought its appeal...
By Christy Chai, MD, FACS and Susan Tsai, MD, MHS, FACS This blog entry is the first in a series of six blogs authored by members of the Clinical Practice Committee writing in collaboration with our ...
By Simone Betchen, Jamie Ullman, and Martina Stippler Women make up a small percentage (7%) of neurosurgeons in the United States according to the 2017 AAMC data. However, whenever I go to national c...
By Chantal Reyna MD, FACS Lets face it, 2020 has not been kind. Pandemic. Race Riots. Unexpected Deaths. It has been a challenging year on many fronts. Hopefully it will lead to increased awareness o...
By Amira Hanis Amir I was a second year medical student and had a few free weeks of my summer in 2019, so I decided to do a three-week elective in Ireland. The first day started with a four-hour clin...
By Tishina Tittley and Shan Lansing With residency interviews being held virtually this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been many speculations among medical professionals at all levels ...
By Riann B Robbins, MD Imagine practicing rural surgery in the dense mountains of western Montana. For nearly a year, I immersed myself in subspecialty and rural surgery training through the Ka...
