Burnt Out

Something I always admired about my dad is his ability to talk at length on any subject. Even as I...

UCSF Graduate Students are superheroes. They conceive of, develop, and perform ground-breaking science. But that alone is not enough. They...

Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF Student Newspaper on Sept. 28, 1978 After listening to their professors and administrators...

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper on May 19, 1983] Those strolling through the UCSF lobbies can’t...

Born and raised in a physician's family, I picked up an early love for medicine and went on to pursue...

The Mosaic is a piece of writing I did to process the death of our classmate, Colin Alexander, earlier this...

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper, Feb. 28, 2008] The storm of the state’s budget crisis is...

Tomas Tesfasilassie was visiting relatives in the small African nation of Eritrea in 2014 when his uncle had a sudden...

“Growing up with a background in dance taught me to appreciate the human body and movement at a young age...