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Jan 32 min read

First Cuts

First cuts -- 8/23/23 By: Nishika Navrange, she/her I don’t know how to describe the first woman that I ever cut into. Any description...

Dec 29, 20233 min read

“Normal” in Medicine

"Normal in Medicine By: Anonymous One thing that I resonate deeply with is the notion of defining “normal”. Whether in clinical practice,...

Nov 10, 20235 min read

pre-clinical melancholia

pre-clinical melancholia By: Braeden Sagehorn he/him/his sitting in the library, your apartment, your home, a time comes when the inside...

Sep 13, 20235 min read

The Diagnostic Image: A Way of Seeing

By: Braeden Sagehorn The first thing anyone does when looking at a painting is simply seeing. At first you might acknowledge the colors,...

Jun 20, 20231 min read

Self-Preservation and Graft Survival

By: Maria Antony This short poem reflects on the journey of a person who has undergone a kidney transplant due to cystinosis, a rare...

May 29, 20231 min read

Connection

By: Neil Khoury Uncontrolled inflammation. Refractory to medication. Resect the bad parts. Connect the good parts. Anastomosis. Just as...

May 29, 20231 min read

Booster shot of humility

By: Isha Walawalkar Skipped breakfast and went vaccine canvassing. With hunger for community, I let my stomach sing. Stethoscope, wool...

May 29, 20231 min read

Wrong Life, Right Death.

By: Ricky Paramo Medicine and humanities convene. Life and death, contrasting realms collide, Right and wrong, perspectives divide....

May 29, 20231 min read

The Pediatrician (By a medical student)

By: Claire Surkis Sibling well checks in room 14. Four sick kiddos in room 17. Two other families waiting after that. “Med student, you...

May 29, 20231 min read

Flowers Bloom

By: Maitreyee Kale Medicine is an uphill climb on a path littered with thorns. Sometimes it seems I am alone and barefoot. But there are...

May 29, 20231 min read

New Admission

By: Ryan Hannon Summary Statement: Patient is a 73 year-old woman with a history of hypertension presenting with a COPD exacerbation...

May 29, 20231 min read

The Puzzle

By: Geetha Nichanametla Dull pain persists despite the cocktail of medications. With waning hope, a piece of paper appears in sight....