A writer camps out in Stanford's emergency room on Christmas day.
What’s it like to work in the ER on Christmas? An inside look
A writer camps out in Stanford's emergency room on Christmas day.
Category: Patient Care
When the end is near: Discovering the limitations of comfort in medical school
A fourth-year medical student reflects on caring for a dying patient.
A fourth-year medical student reflects on caring for a dying patient.
“We still enjoy life”: A member of a family with a rare, genetic eye condition shares her story
A woman with a rare genetic eye disease called neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy, or NIV, shares her story.
A woman with a rare genetic eye disease called neovascular inflammatory vitreoretinopathy, or NIV, shares her story.
Living with cancer: A Q&A with comedian Fred Reiss
Three-time cancer survivor Fred Reiss uses comedy to share his experience with the disease.
Three-time cancer survivor Fred Reiss uses comedy to share his experience with the disease.
Stanford headache specialist demystifies migraine auras
I have close friends who get debilitating migraines so I knew a bit about auras, which are sensory disturbances that often precede migraine headaches. But experiencing …
On transitions and identity: A reflection by Stanford’s Philip Pizzo
Philip Pizzo, MD, began planning for life after medicine before he had barely begun to work as a doctor. As a resident in pediatrics, Pizzo, …