When I started medical school in the 80s I signed up for a trauma elective that was pivotal in my present-day ability to remain calm in...

It's amazing how many diagnoses can be made simply by sticking a finger up someone's ass. Before medical school it seemed that this...

When I was a surgical intern in the early 90s I rotated through the Emergency Department at St. Vincent’s Hospital. I was working one...

At the time it sounded like a good idea. It’ll be fun, my friend said. And it will be a great experience, he followed. I was two weeks...