Community Service and Advocacy – The New Physician

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

December 30, 2025 Mohammad Khorgamphar MPH, NREMT

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 […]

Bridging Barriers: A Medical Student’s Pursuit for Healthcare Equity in New York City

November 11, 2025 Caleb Sooknanan

One of the most notable issues in modern medicine involves the nationwide disparity in healthcare access and equity; I have noticed this especially in New York City, where several underprivileged patients face […]

Cervical Cancer in Underserved Communities

October 22, 2025 Kaitlynn Esemaya

Cervical cancer remains a significant public health challenge in the U.S., despite efforts to promote early detection through increased screening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that approximately 12,500 new cases were diagnosed […]

When Life Gives You Raspberries…

October 20, 2025 Nadia Gitau

I suppose it was the glasses. Babies liked that sort of thing. Big, round, the kind that made me look like I belonged in some archaic, ancient library rather than in a modern hospital. My […]

Digital Equity Starts With Us

October 20, 2025 Jasrina Kaushal

It wasn’t a lack of internet. It was a lack of guidance. A lack of trust. A lack of someone to sit beside you and say: “Let’s do this together.” That’s what I learned leading […]

Book Review

What It Means to Become and Remain a Better Physician

January 20, 2026

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

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 […]

Creative Art

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 […]