Shelter clinic opens every Thursday at six, First time seeing a “real” patient, I’m waiting at the door.

[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...

Over the years, many people have asked me what a grad student does, and I have been stumped for answers...

It’s the middle of winter and you are cut off from the world. There is no electricity or gas. The...

[Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon in...

While rescue missions and physical first aid are necessary for victims, it is essential to recognize that psychological support is...

[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

When I say I’m a resident in Dental Public Health, I typically receive two responses: #1: “Nice! What do you...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it...

A Professor Emeritus at UCSF has lost a fourth paper after an investigation by UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans...

When I found out the next patient I’ll be following is a retired army cardiothoracic surgeon in his late eighties...

After months and months of remote work, well esteemed, distinguished, Lasker awardee, national academy of sciences member, presidential medal, nobel...

Stop printing papers that I never read. Finally figure out how to send lab coats out for laundry. Use Chat...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 1, 1979.] President Carter in his State of the Union address Wednesday, called for...