As the COVID-19 pandemic rages in our various cities, it is important to remember that as of today there are no proven effective therapies. Still it is very difficult to watch people die despite your care. With about a thousand lives already lost to SARS-CoV-2 in the United States, everybody is scrambling to find therapeutics […]
Living in Two Different Worlds in the Era of COVID-19
March 1 2020 I’ve been back from my Thailand/Cambodia holiday two weeks now. Opened up my work email to find a number of emails related to my hospital’s preparedness for the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Reassuring. Jumped right back into a busy clinical service. Checked my temperature daily and avoided the gym (more so […]
Why Infectious Diseases (#WHYID)
Recently on ID Twitter, there was a collective engagement to describe why any medical trainee these days should pursue Infectious Disease as a career (#WhyID). I have myself over the years mused over this thought always concluding that Infectious Disease is the coolest medical specialty. I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who […]
Nobel Peace Prize Recognizes Sexual Violence
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege for their work to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of armed conflict and I couldn’t be more elated. Nadia Murad and Dr. Denis Mukwege have “both put their own personal security at risk by courageously combatting war […]
Black Women in Medicine
Black women in medicine have taken over social media and for good reason. On Sunday, Dr. Tamika Cross, a resident in Obstetrics-Gynaecology who also happens to be a young Black woman, took to Facebook to voice her displeasure at being treated condescendingly by a flight attendant when she tried to offer her medical services for […]
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