And that's a wrap.  I am now officially Matthew Wixson, M.D.  It is pretty hard to believe, but what a weekend!

Interview season=DONE.  I finished up my last interviews last week on the East Coast, and I am officially done!  Feels great to have completed my whirlwind tour of various anesthesia programs ar...

And...I have made it.  Right now I am sitting in downtown Royal Oak [http://www.downtownroyaloak.org/], drinking coffee and reveling in the fact that...I have nothing to do.  Sure, I need to blo...

The recent post from one of the M1s (now M2s!) inspired me to write about how all of that pre-clinical knowledge becomes useful. I've spent the last 2 weeks on the Infectious Disease (ID) consult serv...

The Smoker has come and gone, which means another academic year is coming swiftly to its close.  M1s continue on the marathon journey that is their first year, M2s start board studying in a week, M...

It's 8 am on a Sunday morning. Middle of November, 2010.  I'm 3 weeks deep into surgery, and it's hard to believe where I've been so far.  Everyone told me that 3rd year was unlike anything I ha...

Hello hello hello!  Back in the saddle, and not 4 months after my last post--pretty proud of myself.  Hope everyone is enjoying the new Blog format--I know that I definitely am. Welcome to Fall ...