Just over a year ago, I received a first draft of an article for Stanford Medicine magazine that electrified me. It was gorgeous. It was …
Category: Physician stories
A word with Karl Deisseroth
This 1:2:1 podcast features a conversation with optogenetics pioneer, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth.
This 1:2:1 podcast features a conversation with optogenetics pioneer, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Karl Deisseroth.
Abraham Verghese: “It’s a great time for physician leaders to embrace design thinking”
Next spring, the School of Medicine and Graduate School of Business here will team up to offer a new, one-week residential program for health-care executives. Called …
How to combine anesthesiology, internal medicine and rock climbing
I’ll admit it: I’m in awe of, and a little intimidated by, medical residents. Between the early call times, long hours, and flurry of patients …
Tiger mother, tiger cub: A Stanford doctor reflects on his upbringing
When Amy Chua’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” was published in 2011, Jason Nagata, MD, was in medical school at the University of …
Medical students and physicians share their writings on “becoming a real doctor”
The dilemma of being a medical student on clinical rounds who wants to help patients but can’t was captured by third-year student Raymond Deng in …
Abraham Verghese: “There is no panacea for an investment of time at the bedside with students”
As mentioned earlier today, the first-ever Medicine X|ED conference kicks off here tomorrow. Stanford's Abraham Verghese, MD, known as a champion of bedside medicine, is among those …
A nurse becomes a doctor
When I heard that first-year medical student Mariposa Garth-Pelly was a nurse, I had to meet her. I have extensive experience, sadly, with the critical …
An Rx for physician burnout
Burnout, which is characterized by emotional exhaustion, a sense of depersonalization and a lack of a sense of personal accomplishment, is on the rise among …
How two women from different worlds are changing the face of surgery
“I hope you’re not serious about doing something in medicine.” These words are all too familiar to Annete Bongiwe Moyo, a senior medical student at …
Why become a doctor? A personal story from a Stanford plastic surgeon
Recent graduates: Never fear if you haven't picked a career yet; it's never too late to figure out what you want to do when you …
Keeping an even keel: Stanford surgery residents learn to balance work and life
Residency is one of the most intense times in a surgeon’s training, and it can take a toll physically and mentally on newly minted medical school graduates …
A call to action to improve balance and reduce stress in the lives of resident physicians
In November of 2010, those in Stanford's general surgery training program experienced an indescribable loss when a recently graduated surgical resident, Greg Feldman, MD, committed suicide. His death …
Inside the brain of optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth
"Lighting the brain," a recent New Yorker profile, offers insight into the brain of Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, the well-known innovator of both optogenetics and …
“Still many unknowns”: Stanford physician reflects on post-earthquake Nepal
Paul Auerbach recently traveled to Nepal to aid victims of the April 25 earthquake; he wrote this post over the weekend. I'm on my way back to the …
Day 6: Heading for home after treating Nepal earthquake victims
Paul Auerbach has been in Nepal to aid victims of the recent earthquake; he wrote this account over the weekend. The last few days have been action-packed, …