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The Shadow of Sacrifice

13 Feb 2025

by Ashley Martinez    I stared back at her feet in four-inch heels as I lay under my mother’s desk, awakening from my nap. A single mother of three, my mother worked what seemed like all hours of...

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Growing Up Iranian-American

26 May 2024

Sophie Dream, MD, MPH   My father moved to Chicago at a young age.  He and his father had applied for him to get a visa to come to the United States to further his education.  The day my father’...

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Being Vulnerable is Human; Even for Surgeons

08 May 2024

By: Cathy Hung In the earlier years of my career, I always tried to accommodate patients’ needs anytime, all the time, whenever possible. I opened my office many times off-hours at the slightest...