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Most Wonderful Time

by Shveta Mona Abraham, MD

‘Twas the day after Christmas and all was not well. In a string of unfortunate events that would make Lemony Snicket jealous, my father had come down with the flu, the presents were indefinitely delayed and I found myself – an internal medicine intern –  losing the battle to maintain my consciousness in the  team workroom. The holiday season, usually my favorite part of...

December 12, 2024
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The Room in the Corner

by Jennifer Geller, MD

Still lungs. / Silent heart. / Time of death: 2:40.

September 17, 2024
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Most Wonderful Time

‘Twas the day after Christmas and all was not well. In a string of unfortunate events that would make Lemony Snicket jealous, my father had come down with the...

December 12, 2024
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The Room in the Corner

Still lungs. / Silent heart. / Time of death: 2:40.

September 17, 2024
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Our Haus, Our Humanity: Lessons from the Queer Community That Can Help Heal Medicine

Since the COVID-19 pandemic and 2020 protests against systemic racism, efforts toward eradicating the effects of bias and discrimination in medicine has reentered the national consciousness. While this is...

August 13, 2024
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Milestones

Wrinkly face and wonky head; I support your wobbly neck. No matter the emotion, you respond with a cry.

June 13, 2024
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Art & Poetry in Medicine

A Tale of Two Worlds

It was the most joyful of times. It was the most horrific of times. A week before my first child was born, an act of terror occurred on the other side of the world.

May 16, 2024
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HANK YO

My fire escape, green from decades of wear and tear, bears flecks of paint that barely cling after gusts of wind and sheets of snow and showers of rain....

May 15, 2024
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Contemplating Death with New Life

Very early in the morning on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, I stumbled into the emergency department with my hair in a tangled mess and accidentally still wearing my house...

May 9, 2024
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What Are You Going to Do When You Grow Up? My Slither of Hope

It is very difficult to believe that I am already more than halfway done with residency at this point, and that it is time to figure out what I...

March 27, 2024
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Surviving Residency When Your Fiancé Has Cancer: Part 3

The second week of September was the epitome of emotional whiplash. Monday the 12th, we celebrated our one-year engagement anniversary in the ICU. We had gotten engaged in an...

March 20, 2024
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Surviving Residency When Your Fiancé Has Cancer: Part 2

I had just started my residency in Burlington, Vermont when she started having symptoms again. She was to receive her treatment in Rochester, New York, which meant we were...

March 13, 2024
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Surviving Residency When Your Fiancé Has Cancer: Part 1

Residency is hard. Anyone who has gone through it can attest to that. While I was getting intimately acquainted with this reality in August, 1.5 months into the first year...

March 6, 2024
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Thank a Resident Day

I did not learn in nursing school what and who is a resident physician. It was briefly mentioned that the attending was in charge with residents below them, and...

February 23, 2024
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