When I was home for the holidays, I learned that my dad had packed away a box of photos years ago -- mostly from my sister's childhood, with a few of my brother and me as well -- and labeled it with b...

One nice thing about going to a great school with a flexible testing schedule is the ability to maintain a long distance relationship. These arrangements are never easy, and I'm regularly jealous of m...

Last weekend, Ann Arbor was hit by over a foot of snow, prompting school-wide cancellation of Monday's classes as roads were cleared and students frolicked (yes, there was actual frolicking) in the sn...

Wowzers, no time was wasted once we got back from our break. We immediately launched into the biochem-heavy GI sequence with a vengeance. Many of us (myself included) were simultaneously scrambling to...

Hi everyone! Wow has it been a while. A very late happy new year to you!

This Sunday marks the winter show of Biorhythms, the medical school dance show! There are a few non-dance acts as well, but mostly the show is composed of group dances in a variety of styles – in...

I seriously can't even handle the fact that tomorrow is January 1st. Where on earth has the time gone?!? My classmates and I are already halfway through our first year of medical school and I still ha...

(Patients' names and identifying details have been altered to protect their privacy. The events discussed within are true.)

Now that we've reached our two weeks of vacation for the holidays, it's amazing to see how far we've come in the last 4.5 months! In some ways, it seems like just yesterday our class sat down for the ...

Hi Everyone,

In a little less than two months, I will board a plane and take a trip to the country of my birth, Kenya. I will then drink a cup of home-grown coffee, perhaps two. I have the privilege of taking a fo...

An applicant asked me if I've been able to maintain my interests while in medical school. It's such an interesting question, and one that I asked at nearly every school I visited. I was looking for a ...

I have to apologize for my lengthy writing hiatus these past couple months—turns out it can take a little while to adjust to the pace and demands of medical school life! It's my hope that I can w...