Op-Ed

“Kristina, where’s the blow dryer?” my father asked. “My friend told me on Facebook that if you blow dry your nose and mouth it…

Long hours, long days As a fly on the wall You may not have much say   Good days or bad You’re here to…

  Procrastination. Guilt. Internal unrest. Every medical student feels these emotions at some point in his or her journey—some more than others. Some proudly…

Next to me was an emaciated, homeless Vietnamese man in his late fifties. We were sitting in the Emergency Room together, his hand tightly…

Oftentimes, the best part of my day is coming home to the long snout and warm panting breath of my dog. The rhythmic thumping…

Dearest Donor, I  looked forward to meeting you for years, filled with a mixture of anticipation, excitement, and apprehension. Having taken undergrad anatomy &…

Growing up, it wasn’t uncommon to spend countless hours reading—getting lost in novels of mystery, fantasy, or for those so-inclined, a complex Greek philosophical…

It looked like a fish out of water. I have never been fishing, but in movies the fish’s mouth puckers while it gasps for…