Match Day
Congratulations to all the fourth years that matched! Have you ever been so anxious in anticipation of something that you couldn’t sit still and couldn’t focus on anything else? I […]
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A Powerful Rx
Recently I had the pleasure of hearing Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy, speak at the meeting of the American Medical Women’s Association (check it out //www.amwa-doc.org). He laughed […]
Successful Social Media Competition
This year’s Social Media Competition proved highly successful! The winner, Nikki Fregosi, posted entries on both Facebook and Instagram, which competed with 281 other social media entries that were submitted […]
Culture Matters: The Pivotal Role of Culture for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine
Culture Matters: The Pivotal Role of Culture for Women’s Careers in Academic Medicine Acad Med. 2014;89:00–00. Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD In this recently published paper by Alyssa Westring investigating the workplace […]
Primed for Perfection
A few weeks ago, my school hosted a lecture series that focused upon patient safety. One lecturer in particular truly caught my attention. He chose to highlight the fact that […]
Simple Reminders
Scrolling through the seemingly endless pages of the Daily Beast or the NY Times, we’re pounded in one way or another by humanity’s capacity for cruelty (Rebecca Ann Sedwick comes […]
US Biomedical Research: We Must Reverse a Decade of Neglect
US Biomedical Research: We Must Reverse a Decade of Neglect. As an HIV physician, I began my career early in the AIDS epidemic before effective antiviral medications existed. I held […]
V-Day
February marks the beginning of V-Season: a time when “The Vagina Monologues” are performed globally in colleges, communities, theaters, and even medical schools. A brief background: “The Vagina Monologues” is […]
A Doctor Written Novel Worthy of Your Perusal
“The Devil Wears Scrubs” by Dr. Freida McFadden is both a truthful exposition and a delightful narrative about working in any medical hierarchy as told by a midsummer’s intern. But […]
Member Highlight: Allison Silverstein
My name is Allison Silverstein and I am currently a second year student at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine pursuing an MD and MS in Genomic Medicine. […]