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 theContinue reading
The MURMUR: Podcast Interview with Jeff Kulie by Angela Zhang
Welcome to the first episode of The MURMUR, our podcast where we profile the humans and buzz arising from Alpert Medical School. Today, we profile one of the many incredible administrators of AMS. They’re always there,Continue reading
Recipe: Turkey Butternut Squash Chili by Katie Chung ’20
Fall is finally here! You can tell by the changing leaves, the cool crisp air (on some days), and the aggressive pumpkin spice latte marketing. When it gets colder out, I like to use myContinue reading
Chernobyl by Qiyi He ’21
I was reading about the Chernobyl disaster and wanted to make a piece honoring the liquidators who cleaned up after the disaster. The alpha, beta, and gamma signs around the central figure’s head refer toContinue reading
Event: Empowering Health, Creatively Nov 29, 2017
November 29 Creative Medicine Lecture Series “Empowering Health, Creatively” Pembroke Hall 305 5:30 – 7:00pm Medicine is said to be an art. But can art be medicine, a health intervention? The short answer is ‘absolutely.’ Continue reading
Humans of AMS: Home to Oklahoma, a conversation with Vishal Khetpal ’20 by Peter Mattson ‘20
Peter: I have the pleasure of sitting down with Vishal Khetpal, a second-year student at Alpert who’s currently completing the Physician as Communicator scholarly concentration. He has become a regular contributor for top national mediaContinue reading
Providence Eats: Bayberry Beer Hall by Kristen Durbin
Bayberry Beer Hall 381 West Fountain Street, Providence, RI 02903 www.bayberrybeerhall.com Food: 4/5 Drinks: 5/5 Ambiance: 5/5 Service: 4/5 Value: 4/5 Cost: $$ Communal seating with reserved areas available Life in Providence means outsizeContinue reading
Providence Eats: AHOPE by Pranati Panuganti
I bent down on my knees and waved a friendly “Hello!” to Bana, before she turned away and scurried to her mother. She was probably a little shy, so I entered the kitchen and introducedContinue reading
Anatomy of Being Human: Learning to Learn by Jeffrey Lam
How the first weeks of medical school are re-teaching me how to learn, fail, and stay human. Learning to Learn. Medical students learn approximately 13,000 words in the first year alone, according to theContinue reading
M1 Column: Caution: Doctor-In-Training by Jeffrey Lam
The first few days of school felt like any other orientation — making new friends, talking logistics, and “orienting” ourselves. Now, six weeks later, I am making bad puns about histology, flipping through “high-yield” pictures of deadContinue reading