Lights in Malawi
Our first sunset in Malawi was magnificent. If you’ve never seen the sun fall behind the legendary “Mountains Beyond Mountains” that inspired Paul Farmer,…
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A Valid Crashout
Every once in a while in life, if you look carefully enough, you’ll regret paying attention as life smacks you right upside the head…
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More Than a Role Model: 4 Lessons from My First Physician
Learning how to become a doctor begins long before medical school. Through our personal experiences with the healthcare system, we develop our own ideas…
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Sweet Dreams Are Made of Good Sleep
“A dream is a wish your heart makes When you’re fast asleep” -Disney’s Cinderella, 1950 During my first year of medical school, on the…
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Medical Ethics Series #11 – A Farewell To Ethics
Reflection When I first started this series 1.5 years ago, I had no idea what it would turn into. I had a simple goal…
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Replacing the Powerhouse
“Mitochondria—the powerhouse of the cell.” It’s almost a reflex. Say the word, and a chorus of voices answers back with the same rehearsed phrase,…
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Medical Ethics Series #10 – Applied Ethics: Virtue Ethics
“Compressions are good, pulse check in 20 seconds, charge to 200! Everybody get ready to stand back. Stop compressions! Do we have a pulse?…
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Medical Ethics Series #9 – Applied Ethics: Deontology
“Compressions are good, pulse check in 20 seconds, charge to 200! Everybody get ready to stand back. Stop compressions! Do we have a pulse?…
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Medical Ethics Series #8 – Applied Ethics: Utilitarianism
“Compressions are good, pulse check in 20 seconds, charge to 200! Everybody get ready to stand back. Stop compressions! Do we have a pulse?…
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Foreseeing the Unknown
There have been a handful of times now where, standing before a patient with poor prognosis, I found myself at a loss for words….
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“About 10-15 Minutes”
By far, one of my favorite aspects of medicine is its progression towards speed and accuracy. A full genome can be sequenced for the…
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Things No One Told Me
As I reflect on the last four years of medical school, I only know one thing for certain: there are many things I do…
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Where’s Your Other Shoe?
I am no stranger to the scene playing out before me. This time is different though. No longer am I the silent scribe in…
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Medical Ethics Series #7 – Applied Ethics: Principalism
Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the seventh installment. Unlike the loose fun of the last ones, where we explored what ethical…
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In Response to: “Prop 139 is Only the Beginning of the Fight for Abortion Rights in Arizona” – Dr. Beyda
I debated for quite a while whether to reply to Sarah Brady’s article. However, I felt I should do so, if only to offer another perspective…
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In Response to: “Medical Ethics Series #6 – Normative Ethics: Virtue Ethics” – Dr. Beyda
I read Travis’s article about “Virtue Ethics,” and his words made me smile. He captured the essence of why I have long supported virtue ethics. It’s…
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A Change of Heart
Sometimes a patient ‘introduces’ themselves before you even see them. From where we were in the hallway of Banner University’s cardiac floor, a resounding…
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The Angels Over Phoenix Children’s Hospital
The angels were nowhere to be found that evening—abandoning their posts in the forests and galaxies, trusting the stars to stay in place for…
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Trigger Point Troupe
“Sttttep right up! Step right up! Ladiiiiesss and gentlemen! Children of all ages! Prepare to be amazed! For you are about to witness a…
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Medical Ethics Series #6 – Normative Ethics: Virtue Ethics
Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the sixth installment! This is the third part of the Normative Ethics section, an area focused…
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Prop 139 is Only the Beginning of the Fight for Abortion Rights in Arizona
“I had a patient just this week who, as I was about to give her intravenous sedation, said, ‘Isn’t this illegal? Didn’t they stop…
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Medical Ethics Series #5 – Normative Ethics: Deontology
Welcome back to my Medical Ethics Series for the fifth installment! This is the second part of the Normative Ethics section, an area focused…
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A Tale of Two Huxleys
Scientific discovery is often imagined as a solitary eureka moment—a singular mind or laboratory unlocking nature’s secrets in isolation. But history tells a different…
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Teal or Turquoise
Or Blue-green. The exact color of the hospital-issued scrubs are not as relevant as their purpose: to prevent eye strain (as opposed to the…
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Specialty Coup-Contrecoup
Neurology. I knew I was going to be a neurologist when I entered medical school. Nah, surgeon. After my surgery rotation, I was sure…
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