World Backwards
As a young medical student, I sat across from my patient in the old neuro ward. A retired high school...
‘Stop Torturing Me’
As is usual practice at the Multi-Service Center, a homeless shelter in the heart of San Francisco, I was sent...
Wishful Ending
Let me die in winter Let me die in solitude past midnight with a flask of spirits a cigarette that...
Had the Wind Not Blown – July 11, 2005
There are these two bugs – a caterpillar and an ant. Despite these differences, the two are best friends. They...
Waiting for the Novacaine
The root still lives but the tooth is shaved off, capped in plastic, awaiting its crown of GOLD, not porcelain...
From the Bedside
One hour into my first ED shift, my attending suggested, “go in there, examine your first patient and tell me...
Journal Club: Immunology, Tissue Engineering, and Biochemistry
Reviews of journal articles covering topics of Immunology, Tissue Engineering, and Biochemistry.