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Fast or Slow
In the middle of the crowded highways Looking at the busy fast vehicles I think Nobody seems to care for anybody Is the world moving too fast?
Proximity
January 31, 2021 He wasn't my patient but I saw him, heard the interns discuss him, watched him slip further...
Unprecedented Beauty
[Part 6 of a photo series on life after 2020.] I would not have found the time or effort to...
This Date in UCSF History: Past Women of UCSF
[Originally published on March 6, 2008.] Today’s UCSF community is more diverse than ever before with many ethnicities and minority...
Emergency Room: January 22, 2021
His irritation hums as I push back the curtain in the emergency room the air electric and tense. He clutches...
This Date in UCSF History: Women in Medicine Gather
[Originally published March 3, 1988.] For the past six years the Women’s Medical Student Association, WMSA, with the help of...
This Date in UCSF History: 10 Activities for Single Folks on Valentine's Day
[Originally published on February 14, 2008.] Valentine's Day, known as Singles Awareness Day to some, is a day for sickening...
Code Stroke
The patient is rushed into the ED Nurses crowd around Raise a leg Raise an arm More doctors surround Ask...
Induction
[Tied for third place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category.] June 20, 2020 Just breath deeply - I...
Bowel Sounds
In January, as I prepared to start my traditional “third year” clinical clerkships, I was feeling nervous. In particular, I...