The New Physician

Book Review

What It Means to Become and Remain a Better Physician

Becoming a Better Physician is not a manual, a checklist, or a guide to clinical mastery. Instead, it is a carefully curated collection of personal reflections that asks a more fundamental and enduring question: what [...]
Op-Ed

Choosing Wisely

The Choosing Wisely initiative, led by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, emphasizes the importance of evidence-based medical decisions. Since its launch in 2012, the initiative identified over 700 tests and treatments that [...]
Creative Art

A Tough Nut to Crack: Sitosterolemia

This piece represents a genetic diagnostic odyssey. The crumpled lab report reflects the uncertainty and emotional weight of genetic testing, contrasted with the medication bottles and deceptively simple almonds. Ironically, the almonds, which we often [...]
Op-Ed

Bridging Gaps in Care: Training Healthcare Professionals and First Responders in Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability Awareness

In April 2025, tragedy struck when Victor Perez, a 17-year-old autistic and nonverbal teenager with cerebral palsy, was shot multiple times by Idaho police while standing behind a chain-link fence. Despite several surgeries, including the [...]
Op-Ed

Ethical AI in Medicine

My first use of Generative Artificial Intelligence: a technological feat that left me impressed. To me, tapping into its capabilities felt limitless, as if it were the optimal clinical companion. Yet, I noticed something unsettling. [...]

Choosing Wisely

January 12, 2026

The Choosing Wisely initiative, led by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation, emphasizes the importance of evidence-based medical decisions. Since its launch in 2012, the initiative identified over 700 tests and treatments that [...]

Bridging Gaps in Care: Training Healthcare Professionals and First Responders in Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability Awareness

December 30, 2025

In April 2025, tragedy struck when Victor Perez, a 17-year-old autistic and nonverbal teenager with cerebral palsy, was shot multiple times by Idaho police while standing behind a chain-link fence. Despite several surgeries, including the [...]

Ethical AI in Medicine

December 30, 2025

My first use of Generative Artificial Intelligence: a technological feat that left me impressed. To me, tapping into its capabilities felt limitless, as if it were the optimal clinical companion. Yet, I noticed something unsettling. [...]

A Tough Nut to Crack: Sitosterolemia

January 12, 2026

This piece represents a genetic diagnostic odyssey. The crumpled lab report reflects the uncertainty and emotional weight of genetic testing, contrasted with the medication bottles and deceptively simple almonds. Ironically, the almonds, which we often [...]

The official magazine of the American Medical Student Association

What It Means to Become and Remain a Better Physician

Choosing Wisely

A Tough Nut to Crack: Sitosterolemia

Bridging Gaps in Care: Training Healthcare Professionals and First Responders in Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability Awareness

Ethical AI in Medicine

Op-Ed

Choosing Wisely

Bridging Gaps in Care: Training Healthcare Professionals and First Responders in Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability Awareness

Ethical AI in Medicine

Creative Art

A Tough Nut to Crack: Sitosterolemia

The Healing Face

Narratives

Elbows on the Bedrail

When Life Gives You Raspberries…