DOCTOR TEA TIME

Tis the season, or rather, not the season. Every time mid-winter rolls around, pediatricians are inundated with viral illnesses causing...

WOW. It has been the best two weeks of fellowship so far. These two weeks embodied exactly why I chose to purse a fellowship—you’re never...

The world of pediatric hospital medicine is growing exponentially. Here is a quick overview.

So much can change in a year...

On Monday I will be starting a month-long elective at ABC News as part of their medical team...

“I love networking!” said no pre-med student ever. To be honest, I don’t think most pre-med students even know what “networking” actually...

I just completed my two-week elective on the Palliative Care Team and I wanted to share some of my reactions to my initial post. 1. I am...

What is palliative care? I started my palliative care elective this week without fully understanding the field and what it entails. On...

It’s January 1, 2019 and that means I have exactly six months left of residency. Residency! I didn’t even know what residency was when I...

Last month I had the honor of being interviewed by the incredible Frank Cusimano, a D.O./Ph.D. candidate who, in the midst of the last...

Failure. It’s everywhere, but in medicine we tend to avoid it like the plague (hehe). We can’t seem to accept the concept of failure. I...

Congratulations, the past four years of hard work have paid off and you’ve landed your first job as a doctor! I remember that day quite...

I remember the first time I tried to explain to my now-husband that I didn't have much say over where I/we might end up after medical...

Studying doesn't end when residency starts. Starting with your first in-training exam and Step 3 to your specialty board exam, you have...

My first venture into research was at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (where Watson & Crick discovered DNA!) summer science camp. The sole...

College is about more than just academics. It is the perfect place to discover your passions and grow into them. My passion happened to...

On a bright and unusually warm fall morning, it hit me that I was almost halfway done with my residency training! It must have been...