Last year, amidst the excitement and stress of my third year of medical school, I was not surprised when I would take a brief pause from my fast-paced, hospital-centered surroundings, only to realize ...

Well, so far the M2 year has kept me pretty busy. We've worked through the cardiovascular and respiratory sequences, and now I'm neck deep in renal pathophysiology.  The good news is that despite m...

There is absolutely nothing better than an entire week with patients. After an intense month of biochemistry, I was more than happy to be at hospitals and clinics, even if it meant getting up very ear...

The first year medical students just finished our Cells and Tissues sequence. Cells and Tissues is a great deal of Biochem over four weeks. At first it started off at a pace that I felt like I coul...

Hey everyone,

The residency application is definitely moving along. The official opening date for application submission was September 15, and everyone has been doing their best to get their materials in as early a...

Inside every operating room, or at least very nearby, is an appliance that looks like a refrigerator. It does not, however, keep things cold. Instead, it is devoted entirely to keeping things warm; sp...

So much has happened since I moved to Ann Arbor that it would be silly to try to go back too far. A few highlights of the weeks before medical school included building my own furniture, traveling to v...

Somehow it's already been two weeks of my urology rotation, and I haven't shared with you all how awesome it is. I have been busy with other things (like ERAS – the online residency application...

It is important to have hobbies outside of medical school or you might go mad. Fortunately, the work/life (or, well, study/life) balance is something that Ann Arbor seems to foster. Even the smartest ...

It is impossible to explain how happy I am. There is no sense in trying to start at the beginning of the story (what story? what beginning?), but we had might as well start in Switzerland since I spen...

For the past month I've been rotating with the midwives, as I outlined here. One of the things I was most looking forward to this month was getting to attend a tub birth. Delivering in the tubs, whi...

Somehow a few weeks have flown by since I last posted. This may be related to how much I'm loving what I'm doing right now... No, I'm not thrilled to be studying for boards, which I am also doing, ...

Hello! It has been FAR too long since I last wrote, and I guess the only excuse that I can proffer is that med school has felt like a whirlwind these past few months. Since I last wrote, I finished my...

Hello world, I'm alive. I promise. Step 1 is done and M3 year is here! It's been ages since my last blog post and so much has happened! In some ways, I feel like a completely different person. I fi...