By Cheryl Zogg As the holiday season is upon us and the current year draws to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on one of the recently-recognized though long-enshrined “traditions” ...
By Luz Maria Rodríguez This is the Part II of the Grant Writing series published on Jan 14, 2019. Funding for research grants is made available by various institutions to help research ...
By Kristin Rojas Annual medical conferences are not only an opportunity to stay up-to-date with developments in your prospective field, but also a convenient way to catch up with inspirational fri...
By Monica Farrulla Five years have elapsed since I took the Hippocratic oath and was bestowed the highly-coveted “MD” (Medical Doctorate) to follow my name. In these years of training I have e...
By Apoorve Nayyar MBBS and Kristalyn K. Gallagher DO FACS FACOS The #MeToo movement, with its growing visibility over the last year, has brought to the forefront the near ubiquitous prevalence of ...
By Anne Mongiu This unexpected invitation to write a post for AWS coincided with an equally unexpected phone call from my closest friend from medical school. She had resigned from her rather subst...
By Stephanie Bonne Who remembers the public health class you took in medical school? More likely than not it was a pass/fail class, maybe a couple of credit hours, that was taught at 4pm on a Thur...
By Melissa Herrin When I first considered writing a blog titled #DearIntern, my instinct was that I should be the last person giving advice. Everyone around me seemed to be gliding through residen...
By Jaime D. Lewis I am more than a surgeon. I am an educator, a wife, and a mother. And among other things, I am also a runner. I recently completed my first (yes, first, as I am now fully awar...
By Camila Guetter Congratulations! After years of preparation and a long interview trail, you have matched! And although this very important step is finally over, another even more crucial journey...
