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Medicine

  • On Finding Joy in the Challenges

    Last week, I was working the second half of a twenty four hour shift when I received a call about an incoming lung transplant surgery patient. Our institution is renowned for its transplant surgeries, specifically lung transplants. In 2025, according… Continue reading

  • The Man Who Loved Westerns

    This post was written on January 30th, 2026 0400 The following is an obituary, of sorts. It is a story of a man I knew only very briefly, but who I will likely remember for a long time Early this… Continue reading

  • TLC Tips from Intern Mid-year: Instagram Edition.

    Happy New month! I am so excited to be past the month of January, which for me was all about night shifts and insomnia. I plan to post a detailed recap of my month at some point, but I am… Continue reading

  • The Jesus Year: Trials, Triumphs and Transitions

    One of the lovely things about having an April birthday is that the month sits perfectly at the end of the first quarter of the year. By April, enough time has passed for one to evaluate how far one has… Continue reading

  • On Death, and the Pursuit of Usefulness

    My first year of medical school was a deeply challenging time for me. For the first five or six months of medical school, I found myself going through an existential crisis. I was twenty-nine, far removed from friends and family,… Continue reading