Stories: Why Medicine?

After I graduated from college, I was unsure whether I wanted to be a physician. I worked as a Baltimore […] Read More

In my junior year of high school, each student in my Biomedical Research class had to give a presentation on […] Read More

I remember the day I first wanted to be a doctor. There was a traditional event that the fourth grade […] Read More

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

Having doubts but then coming back more determined has, in a way, made medicine that much more special for me. Read More

I shifted uncomfortably in the abrasive, starched, blue hospital gown. The sheets were itchy. The pillow was lumpy. There was […] Read More

I do not believe in luck, but I do consider myself to be incredibly fortunate. I have a good family, […] Read More

For months after my college graduation I had been struggling with what to do with my future. I was continually […] Read More

Lately, there seems to be a lot of negativity surrounding the practice of medicine. From the staggering student debt, to […] Read More

I had been a humanities lover my entire life. Prior to college, I had planned on majoring in French or […] Read More