There aren’t many people who can say they did their fellowship training in infectious diseases during a pandemic, but Dr. Veronica Bandres Urbina can. During that fellowship, she faced the challenges of COVID and learned from it. “We’ve learned that we are vulnerable to any new infections. It’s taken us awhile to learn about this […]
Dr. Michael Odle grew up in the mountains of southern West Virginia. He spent a lot of time outdoors hunting and fishing. His father and grandfathers were hard-working coal miners. When it came time for him to choose a career, he said the fast-paced atmosphere and technology led him to medicine. Now, it’s something else […]
Dr. Snigdha Sharma grew up in India in a family of professionals, surrounded by doctors and engineers. In law school, she always wondered how to cope in a profession defining and choosing right from wrong. Following her mother’s footsteps, she felt medicine to be a moral calling, where one always strives to help others. “At the […]
Your feet and ankles are the foundation of your body. Because of them, you are able to get up, get going, and accomplish the things you enjoy and that are most important to you. While they may seem like small, insignificant areas of your body, they are quite complex and vulnerable to stresses caused by […]
Nurse Practitioner Jonathan Briggs understands adversity. Growing up in northern New Jersey, he was only two years old when his mother died of leukemia. His father remarried when he was six, but his second mother died of multiple myeloma when he was eleven. His father remarried again when he was fourteen, leading to a large, […]
A hysterectomy is one of the most common surgeries in the U.S. This surgical procedure involves the removal of the uterus and can sometimes include the ovaries and the fallopian tubes as well. After a hysterectomy, you won’t be able get pregnant and will no longer experience menstrual periods. Do I need a hysterectomy? […]
Even as a child growing up in McBee, SC, Dr. Amanda Vuppala says, “I knew science was in my future. I just didn’t know how.” Her great-grandmother lived with her, and she says watching her grow old with medical problems and the family support she had likely influenced her career choice. “Something about living there […]
Dr. Vivek Choksi always knew he wanted to be a doctor, even though his parents, who are both physicians, actually encouraged him to look into other careers because of the sometimes-hectic lifestyle. But he says, “It was always medicine for me.” While in medical school in India, he was able to complete a couple of […]
Dr. David Beck’s mother always told him that he could do anything, except go into medicine. He comes from a medical family. His father and brother are nephrologists, his sister is a family medicine physician specializing in sports medicine, and her husband is a urogynecologist. “She said she needed someone to talk to at Thanksgiving,” […]
When it came to choosing his specialty in medicine, there was never any doubt for Dr. Jason Andersen. He went to medical school planning to be an orthopaedic surgeon, and that is exactly what he did. As a soccer player throughout his childhood and high school years just north of Atlanta, Georgia, he had become […]
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