Well, July certainly started off with a bang – from fireworks, that is. I'm on Emergency Medicine this month at nearby hospital St. Joe's. Thankfully, I didn't actually have to work the Fourth of...

"Don't contaminate the surgical field," I repeatedly thought to myself as I entered the OR. Over the first 3 weeks of my surgery clerkship, I had made more than a handful of mistakes. The first day, I...

Time: 7am Location: Labor and Delivery Floor Attire: Scrubs and Danskos Occassion: First day on OB/GYN Rotation

Around a year ago, during Launch week of medical school, we were asked to write down a goal that we hoped to achieve within a year, and fill up the corresponding columns asking "what, so what, now wha...

Some of the green beans from our garden

What's the difference between dementia and Alzheimer's disease? Discover key differences between two from the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center.

Music has the power to heal, motivate movements and transcend time and space. Throughout history, music has been the global soundtrack for social change as artists have utilized their platforms to sta...

5:15am, my alarm goes off. It's the beginning of a new day. My M3 clerkships are beginning as well; I'm in the middle of my first rotation: pediatrics.* Today, my inpatient team is on "early call,"...

During my M1 year, I've learned an enormous amount about biology and medicine, but I think I've learned the most from my classmates. It's been an unbelievable experience. The class is full of people w...

TONS of things have happened since last I wrote, and I figure the easiest way to address them all (or at least the major stuff) is to do so in chronological order.

Each time I participate in the UMMS interview day, my own interview day seems farther and farther away (and I'm usually quite thankful not to be wearing a suit). Well, the time for dusting off the ...

This summer, a group of local 4th and 5th grade students made a visit to the Department of Human Genetics to meet scientists and get hands-on experience with genetics. Their visit was coordinated by Dr. Diane Robins and Dr. Cristen Willer.

After his own treatment for prostate cancer, one father and husband encourages all men to learn more about the disease.

It's June apparently. The past three months have passed in a flash. It was still March the last time I wrote, and a lot has happened since then, including sub-internships, the last ever board exam tha...

Michigan Medicine oncologists highlight some of the top findings that came from the field’s largest professional meeting.