Burnt Out
Wednesday 7pm I was lying in bed in pain Burnt out, digestive system screaming I wished I could rest or focus but I could do neither
Anatomy Lab
I got the call during anatomy lab, while holding your heart in my palms. Otosan has heart failure, said my...
Running to Fort Point
I became a runner during my clinical rotations of medical school. When my days overflowed with meaning. So much to...
This Date in UCSF History: Six Days in San Quentin
[Originally authored by medical student Eric Chow and published in Synapse on November 20, 1998.] After a five-minute walk, I...
This Date in UCSF History: November Traditions
[Originally authored by medical student Ashkay Govinder and published on Nov. 15, 2012.] I love cooking a traditional Thanksgiving meal...
How Are You?
A question meant only as a greeting. A chance at connection diminished to a mere formality. In what public health...
salt
momma made the best baked fish in the world. dad fed us stories.
This Date in UCSF History: Practicing Medicine Under Hardship
[Originally written by medical student Amy Ewing and published in Synapse on Nov. 6, 1997.] Last year I arranged to...
My First Patient
[Second place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category.] You told me you wanted to kill yourself, to drown...
Loneliness in the Laboratory
Once upon a time, in the bustling metropolis of Urbanville, there lived a remarkable young man named Mike.