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Losing Darren
Identifying details here have been changed to protect patient privacy. It wasn’t that the smile itself had an eerie quality—it was how the smile fell apart. His lips were appropriately retracted, and...
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The Other Ninety Percent
Identifying details here have been changed to protect patient privacy. I knocked on the door of the examination room with my preceptor behind me and walked in to see the last patient of the day, an...
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Creative Cardiology
A poem by Jingxiao Jin, MS1. The heart too has its dramas I know because I have felt with my fingertips–its thud against its prison; they don’t call it the rib cage for nothing. Surely it cannot be a...
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Not as Loud as My Heart: A Reflection on a Genetics Seminar
Whenever I rush past the bulletin boards lining the halls on my way to another event that I’m late for, I fleetingly wonder how often people actually read the announcements they diligently promote. One...
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A First Time for Everything
I fidgeted uncomfortably, trying to hide the fact that my hands were shaking. Dr. Shepherd scrolled through the patient’s electronic medical records, leaning over with his chin in his hand. Upon...
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Worlds Apart, A Street Away
Editor’s Note: The following is a photo essay from MS2 Peter Nguyen. Cambridge St. is a simple, four lane road that separates the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest collection of medical...
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These and Those
Hear Sarah Haley read her poem: The gifts you gave me number two— One: perspective, science, the beauty of our inside matter But your best gift is the latter: Profoundly, attached to your body is a...
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Heartbeat
There is a small, white heart drawn on the sign outside the labor and delivery room. It is an inconspicuous sign, powder blue and simple. “What does that sign mean?” I ask my attending as we stand at...
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Deep Brain Stimulation and the Era of Scientific Psychiatry
MS3 David Mathai discusses the history of a functional neurosurgical procedure and how the technology plays into the evolving landscape of mental health. He became interested in these topics during a...
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MS1 life begins now!
Compiled by Doha Aboul-Fotouh, David Mathai, and Julia Wang At Baylor, classes started two weeks ago and we asked… Upperclassmen: What would you go back and tell your MS1 self? “Make self-care a...
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