“I don’t think of all the misery, but all the beauty that remains.” – Anne Frank As a fellow in the intensive care unit (ICU), sometimes it’s hard to see the beauty through the misery. The misery of my patients, their families, the nurses, fellow trainees and...
“As I walked into my empty apartment one evening after a vigorous day in the COVID-ICU, I pondered over the idea of calling my wife. She had just started her night shift at the COVID unit in her hospital, so I resolved to a simple text ‘Call me when free’. As...
I started PCCM fellowship with an interest in clinical teaching and education research, and a desire to focus my career on medical education. I chose a fellowship that was open to new ideas and supportive of unique areas of research interest, but not one with a...
A year ago today, I was hurriedly finishing my notes at nine o’clock in the evening while eating a birthday cupcake my intern left me. Like many birthdays over the last 10 years, I spent it alone. When I reached home my daughter had already been asleep for an hour,...
Introduction I’ve equated working during the COVID-19 pandemic in NYC to a war. Bombs might not be dropping on us; but life as we know it has been transformed. And for most of our trainees, this is a first brush with living and working in a war-zone. Here I provide a...
One of the most important decisions a fellow will make during fellowship is choosing their mentor. Mentors serve to help us reach our career (and life) goals, utilizing both their experience and developed network of connections to facilitate the journey. Having gone...
