Aspiring Docs Diaries

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Nov 7, 2016

The Physician’s Pen

Becoming a medical scribe for an Emergency Physician has taught me more about medicine, about passion, and most importantly about […] Read More

Oct 31, 2016

Family First

Becoming a doctor is HUGE for a boy growing up in a Russian family – far more impressive than even […] Read More

Oct 24, 2016

De-Mystifying the Grey

“There’s no such thing as all or always, for everything there is an exception,” said Dr. Jerrold Teitcher, Director of […] Read More

Oct 19, 2016

Still Waiting for Someone to Pinch Me

Photo courtesy of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. This year’s White Coat Ceremony at Mount Sinai took […] Read More

Oct 11, 2016

Autonomy of a Different Kind

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

Oct 3, 2016

Of Surgery and The Robot

My eyes shone and I could feel the grin spreading across my face as the robot sprang to life, its […] Read More

Sep 26, 2016

Time for Myself

Medicine is about serving others. It’s about developing a set of skills and knowledge and combining them with compassion to […] Read More

Sep 19, 2016

Stay Kind

Perhaps the most resilient quality you can retain, as you progress through medical training, is to remain kind. During my […] Read More