By Dr. Anastasios Mitsakos Medical education has always been an integral part of our profession as physicians and surgeons. From ancient times, the Hippocratic oath binds us “to teach this art, wit...
By Dr. Arushi Goel What is pride? What is the importance of being able to be comfortable in your own skin, to be accepted as you are? For centuries, members of the LGBTQIA+ community have fought for ...
By Dr. Dominique Vervoort Five billion people continue to lack access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical healthcare when needed. As a result, more than 17 million people die from surgically tre...
By Ariana Naaseh, MD I was one of the medical students who always swore there was absolutely no way I’d become a surgeon. I’d heard too many stories about surgeon personalities and the terrible a...
By Alyssa Brown I left Louisville 2 years and 51 weeks ago- now I am back. When I moved to Minnesota to get my PhD, I knew that I would come back. It was always a temporary goodbye to the hospital. G...
By Jennifer F. Tseng Women in surgery are diverse; how can we support them? I have watched with great pride as our graduating Chief Residents at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School...
By Joy Ayemoba Today I am fewer than six weeks from completing my intern year. Like many of my peers the transition from medical student to physician was a difficult one at best. The excitement to do...
By Rachel Salinas The first code blue that I ever witnessed was called on my grandfather during my third year of medical school. He had been in the ICU for seven weeks after there were unexpected com...
By the General Surgery Residents of Tower Health While female General Surgery residents still number less than their male counterparts, that is not the case at the Tower Health General Surgery reside...
By Tamar Nobel, MD “In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.” - Abraham Maslow The darker sides of the COVID-19 pandemic have been well doc...
