Sometimes when Milt McColl, MD, is on rounds with other physicians in his medical residency, patients turn to him, thinking he’s the doctor in charge …
Category: Physician stories
A new initiative brings Meharry Medical College students to Stanford
Bow Tie 101: It may not be an official component of medical education, but we know some Stanford professors – including Abraham Verghese, MD, who’d …
How a NIH re-entry grant helped this researcher return to the lab
How did a National Institutes of Health grant help a Stanford bioengineer get back into research after a break? In a recent story in Inside …
Stars of Stanford Medicine: “I want to leave an impact on medical care”
Physician-scientist Justin Annes specializes in a rare type of tumor disorders. He shares his story, and interests, in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Physician-scientist Justin Annes specializes in a rare type of tumor disorders. He shares his story, and interests, in this Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A.
Stars of Stanford Medicine: Avid runner and accessible health care advocate
Alan Thong, MD, is working to ensure top medical care is more widely available. And he's a runner. He shares his story in this Stars of Stanford Q&A.
Alan Thong, MD, is working to ensure top medical care is more widely available. And he's a runner. He shares his story in this Stars of Stanford Q&A.
A Stanford neuroscientist who goes where her curiosity leads
Carla Shatz, PhD, sits inside what might be usefully thought of as a cube of wonder. For one thing, her office is literally a cube, …
Women of Stanford Neurosurgery: A conversation on gender, race and mentors
Over the summer I spoke with numerous female faculty members in Stanford’s neurosurgery department about their backgrounds and experience working in a traditionally male-dominated field. …
Lucy Kalanithi speaks about medicine, empathy, and meaning with Dean Lloyd Minor
What advice would Stanford physician Lucy Kalanithi, MD, give to students beginning their medical journey? That was one of the questions that Dean Lloyd Minor, …
On radiology reports: The elusive “I”
I write daily. That’s the job of a radiologist. To look at a patient’s CT scan or ultrasound or MRI or x-ray, interpret what I …
Women of Stanford Neurosurgery: “We must affect change in overall attitudes about women with power”
As part of a recently launched series on women working in Stanford's neurosurgery department, I recently spoke with associate professor Marion Buckwalter, MD, PhD, a …
Women of Stanford Neurosurgery: “There’s always a way to make it work for you”
As part of a recently launched series, I've been speaking with female faculty members in our neurosurgery department. Last month, I shared my conversation with …
Women of Stanford Neurosurgery: “If there’s something that you want to do, you do it”
As part of a new series on women in neurosurgery, I recently spoke with a dozen so faculty members about their experiences as females in …
Stars of Stanford Medicine: “Are people getting the right care?”
This Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A features otolaryngologist Vasu Divi who is interested in health care equity and quality.
This Stars of Stanford Medicine Q&A features otolaryngologist Vasu Divi who is interested in health care equity and quality.
FemInEm blog facilititates conversations about women in emergency medicine
As a female PhD physicist, I was often the only woman in the room as both an undergraduate and graduate student and as a research …
“As a new doctor, you will…” — A senior resident shares her experience
Usually we just dash through life, accumulating disparate bits of wisdom but rarely taking the time to assemble our hard-won lessons into anything cohesive, much …
Stanford pediatric resident Mehreen Iqbal: Her passion for healing
When I sat down with third-year resident Mehreen Iqbal, she was fasting for Ramadan. She had just come off a 24-hour shift in the neonatal …