Philadelphia Skyline
A little over six months ago, I moved from Minnesota to Center City for medical school and it wasn’t long before I loved the area, hot as it was in early August. With my newly adopted life on a bicycle, I discovered the charm of
Monthly Archives: March 2017
Netter’s Symposium
Chen Zhou is a current third year medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College. Chen has been painting since the age of four. He struggled with reconciling his love for the arts with his decision to pursue medicine as a career. He always felt like
Provocations on Infrastructure: Flow
Where is that mysterious place that we send all our “labs” to? Everyday, we round and round on the wards, wake up patients, and poke and prod them to get an idea of what they have and get a sample of their tissue. As the
Innovating Hubs of Health
Nick Dawson is the Executive Director of the Johns Hopkins Sibley Innovation Hub and a proponent of human-centered design in health care as a way to create a health system that is more desirable, compassionate and advanced. In the Innovation Hub, he helps lead an innovation
Valentine’s day
On valentine’s day, I watched my first heart stop. I watched the monitor dance as I thrust my aching palms onto his sternum. He lay there, still while his body was rocked and jabbed and compressed in between, he seemed. His body still moaning and
From The Clinic to the Courtroom: A Pediatrician Shares His Path into Medical Law
Dr. Leon Aussprung is doctor-turned-lawyer, practicing in the areas of medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. He received his B.A. in Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia, and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1991, followed by a