Former ABC News medical reporter. Interests: #meded, integrative med, health policy, tech, environment. Internal medicine MD based in LA. Go @stanford
Every year on the third Monday in March, medical school deans across the nation warn their senior students to stay alert for a pager call. Worse than a late-night code blue, that ring, if it comes, portends terrible news.
Did Daenerys Targaryen have PTSD?
The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones, “The Bells”, featured a neat victory — thrown completely awry when Queen Daenerys incinerated huge swaths of already-surrendered King’s Landing. This led to heartbreaking choices viewers saw in the finale, when those who loved the queen most had to…
Unsuccessful medical school applicants face a quandary. What to do next?
In your second or third year of residency or fellowship, your smartphone will…