Breathless: Performing at MD’21’s Ceremony of Gratitude by Pranati Panuganti

May 7, 2018 | Narratives

Pranati Panuganti, MD’21, performed at the 2018 Ceremony of Gratitude. Her original dance was choreographed to a classical Indian song, Breathless, by Shankar Mahadevan. Pranati was gracious enough to describe her experience performing at the Ceremony of...

My Ceremony of Gratitude by Hannah Kerman MD’21

May 3, 2018 | Narratives

When we started Anatomy, I felt overwhelmed by how muted we had to make our donors personhood in order to get through each lab. People routinely told me that they felt like they had to “pretend the bodies were wax models,” or “just think about each part of the body...

On the Novelty of Anatomy at Alpert by Moniyka Sachar, MD’21

May 2, 2018 | Narratives

Somehow, through all the years of being a “pre-med” in the system, I never realized quite what anatomy lab entailed in medical school. Sure, I thought—we’re learning and memorizing human anatomical structures. I walked out of our anatomy lab orientation thinking—okay,...

Emergency Obstetric and Abortion Provision in War Zones: An Interview with Dr. Rasha Khoury from Medecins Sans Frontieres

Mar 23, 2018 | Narratives

Interview by Grace Sun ’21 with introduction by Amelia Warshaw ’21 All photos courtesy of Dr. Rasha Khoury   This year’s Women’s Reproductive Health Scholarly Concentration Annual Lecture, Emergency Obstetric and Abortion Provision in War Zones: Notes...

AHOPE Part II: Resettling in Providence by Pranati Panuganti ’21

Jan 19, 2018 | Narratives

This is the second piece in a series about my experience working with 3-year old Bana and her family as mentor through AHOPE (Americans Helping Others ProspEr), a volunteer-based organization that assists Syrian and other refugee families coming to Rhode Island. My...

Humans of AMS: Alejandro Victores, MD ’20

Jan 11, 2018 | Narratives

Introducing Alejandro Victores, MD ’20 🎙What inspired you to pursue medicine? “Losing my grandmother to colorectal cancer was a major impetus to pursuing a career in medicine. I wanted to offer patients care of the same caliber that she received in...