[Originally published in Synapse on October 25, 2001.] Once again, the year approaches the end of October, which along with...

On Oct. 8, dozens of UCSF students wearing scrubs, white coats, lab coats and stethoscopes, laid motionless across the forecourt...

[Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category.] They walked long and sinuous paths Alone on the roads...

A 6-year-old girl rushes into an emergency room (ER) on a gurney, her chest violently heaving as her lungs beg...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...

The refrain “In a healthy individual like you or me” is one I commonly hear as a medical student from...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 14, 1993.] Greg Hayner, PharmD (UCSF class of ‘77), has been working at the...

[Storytelling contest second place winner for fiction.] Content warning: gore and self-harm I look towards the stage where a tall...

It’s been six months. Uncertain. Unknown. Unremitting concern. Sensitive nerves. Irritated nerves.

[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat...

[Originally published in Synapse on October 3, 1977.] For the past decade, vitamin C has been touted for the cure...

[First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest nonfiction category.] The morning of October 17, the soft blue light of...

[Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988.] Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical consideration of late...

[ First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My...