By Pam Choi Shortly after graduating from general surgery residency, I checked-in aboard an US Navy aircraft carrier as the only surgeon for an entire strike group of about 6500 sailors. While my for...
by Julia Barber I’m a 33 year old surgeon from Argentina. I always knew I wanted to stay in my country to practice medicine. I know we have the limitations of a developing country and that medici...
By Ko Un ‘Clara’ Park When I was a trainee, my co-trainee was getting her manuscript finalized for submission, "It says the submission fee is $60." Sure, sixty dollars isn’t a lot of money ...
By Susana Vargas-Pinto I recently had a casual conversation about fellowship with one of our Chief residents who matched into cardiothoracic surgery, which lit up my curiosity and expectation. “I...