I'm 30, coupled, interested in yoga and meditation, don't drink alcohol or coffee, and coming into UM, I was afraid I would be too different in medical school. An oddity. And I must admit that through...

Greetings from Ann Arbor! I still find it hard to believe that I'm actually here, but vivid memories of The Trailer Incident (which we don't speak of), the long drive from Florida with aforementioned ...

The "last summer" is winding down for us rising M2s, but I think it is safe to say that many of us have really made the most of the past two months. Our classes start up again on August 18, which will...

The weather in Ann Arbor these past few weeks has been absolutely lovely. It's amazing to think about how much we complained (justifiably so) during the long winter, but this weather reminds me of why...

It's been a wonderful, incredibly busy summer! After my classes ended in early May – and before starting summer research – I went out to California to visit family and to run in The Golden G...

Hi everyone!

Hello again and happy spring! As I sit here and write this, I am four hours away from leaving Ann Arbor and boarding a plane for California. I realized that I couldn't leave without a final blog post,...

M1 year is over! I can't believe how quickly this year flew by, especially considering that it was actually quite a long school year. August 4 to May 30... and then suddenly we are M2s! The last seque...

When we were all trying to survive Infectious Diseases (ID), the thought that kept a lot of us going was that M1 year was all downhill after ID was over. Several students from previous years had menti...

There have been a lot of exciting events and transitions happening at UMMS these past few weeks. Most importantly, the M4s graduated this weekend and can now sport a proud "MD" at the end of their nam...

I was moved by Martha Pollack's remarks at spring commencement yesterday. Paraphrasing the late positive psychologist, Christopher Peterson, she said "people matter. The good life isn't necessarily th...

Giving blood is not one of my very favorite activities, but I don't particularly mind it.  Most of the times I've had blood drawn it's been for selfish health purposes, checking the levels of this ...

As my first year of medical school begins to wind down, it's amazing to see how far we've come since August. This is really made clear by the fact that Second Look weekend is next Thursday, Friday, an...

On Monday, we began what is notoriously the most rigorous sequence of the M1 year: Infectious Diseases & Microbiology.  With laboratory exercises and case discussions every morning for a five-week ...