Community Service and Advocacy – The New Physician

Medicine Begins Before the White Coat

September 4, 2026

Medicine often manifests as a destination-white coat ceremony, first on the ward shift, the moment a student becomes a physician. Yet for many of us, this journey starts well in advance of any earned title, […]

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 […]

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

November 11, 2025

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

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

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

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 […]

Perspective

What I Wish Someone Had Told Me

September 4, 2026

Lessons on confidence, uncertainty, teamwork, and becoming a physician If you are reading this, you are probably somewhere along one of the most demanding— and rewarding—journeys of your life. Perhaps you have just begun medical […]

Op-Ed

Medicine Begins Before the White Coat

September 4, 2026

Poetry

The Descent

May 24, 2026

Prestige has a short half-life; my quiet presumption of permanence, of admiring hums in bright rooms, fell away without ceremony. The world dimmed, momentum drained from days. My life’s scaffolding collapsed: small fractures widened into […]