Aspiring Docs Diaries

Meet the author:

Stefan Kale Wheat

Med Student

Stefan is a third year medical student at the University of Vermont College of Medicine. He grew up at the base of the Puget Sound in Washington State catching frogs and looking up to his parents, both of whom work as primary care physicians while balancing the antics of Stefan and his two brothers. He finds peace in skiing, writing, and mountain biking and very much looks forward to learning how to keep bees and brew a mean oatmeal stout.

Stories by Stefan

Oct 11, 2016

Autonomy of a Different Kind

Stefan Kale Wheat

“There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, […] Read More

Jan 12, 2016

Forest People

Stefan Kale Wheat

My father and I woke at 4:30 each morning to the sound of a loudspeaker on our neighbor’s roof announcing […] Read More

Sep 29, 2015

The Evolving Face of Global Health Education

Stefan Kale Wheat

I sat in the clinic waiting room working on multiplication problems while patients waited to see my parents. At nine, […] Read More

Jan 8, 2015

The Frail Doctor: Depression and our Oath

Stefan Kale Wheat

A year or so ago while biking on the coastline of the Puget Sound, not long after the death of […] Read More

Sep 17, 2014

On Fear, Mountains, Humility, and Starting Medical School

Stefan Kale Wheat

Originally posted in UVM Medicine “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total […] Read More