The year was 1965. It had been 26 years since the Spanish Civil War had ended, and Spain had been overtaken by a Nationalist dictatorship led by Francisco Franco, who inflicted famine, poverty, and conflict upon his people. In Francoist Spain, the whole country was “one wide prison,” according to Spanish historian Ramón Arnabat, and […]
UMass Memorial Medical Center Chief of Pediatric Surgery Michael Hirsh’s parents were both Holocaust survivors. They had been in a concentration camp in Holland, where his mother was trained as a nurse. “She passed away in 2021 at the age of 97, but she was the best diagnostician I’ve ever met,” Hirsh said. “And I’m […]
One of Board Certified Orthodontist Giancarlo Santos’s favorite aspects to his career is the fact that his patients deeply appreciate his efforts. Recalling an instance when one of his patients had just gotten her braces off, Santos had given her a fantastic cosmetic result, and she had pulled him aside to express her appreciation for […]
Until very recently, the issue of menstrual equity has been given little consideration globally and also in the United States. As of 2015, there are an estimated 800 million people on the planet who are menstruating, out of whom 500 million lack access to adequate resources for managing their periods. A recent study found that […]
One day, Cardiac Electrophysiologist Al Ahmad was preparing to perform a routine procedure on another doctor. He told his patient that it was just a straightforward, one-hour routine procedure, but the patient replied by reminding Al-Ahmad that a one-hour procedure for a doctor could be the most important hour of his life. Al-Ahmad was significantly […]
As the first member of her family to attend and graduate college, University of Texas at Austin Professor of Psychology Audrey Duarte recalled a number of challenging instances during her career and education. Specifically, she felt the effects of Imposter Syndrome — the feeling of not being good enough to “deserve to be around certain […]
“I did not want to be a doctor,” Adolescent Medicine Specialist and Sexual Health Educator Natasha Ramsey recalled. “I thought I was going to be a writer.” Before finding her calling in medicine, Ramsey found passion in other ways. As someone who was very art-savvy and creative, she particularly loved to draw, paint and journal, […]
For Grady Memorial Hospital Senior Vice President of Health Equity Yolanda Wimberly, teaching and learning are paramount. “To me, education is something that’s foundational and is warranted … it’s essential, especially if you want to be a physician, because we’re lifelong learners,” Wimberly said. “It doesn’t stop when you get out of school, it continues […]
Khalilah Johnson, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She engages in community-focused research that benefits adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
