Residency Notes is the continuation of a blog, From Medskool, which ran for four years from me learning of my acceptance into medical school until late in my fourth year. It was a cathartic endeavor which let me comment essentially on whatever I wanted to. A continuous four years, in blog life, is nothing to sneeze at (if you’re going to, please cover your nose) but I needed a brief break. After a few months I return with Residency Notes.
I’m currently a surgical intern, which means I’m not much of anything. Earlier in life I was sure I wanted to be a screenwriter and I went away to USC’s School of Cinema-Television Cinematic Arts. Film school is awesome, no doubt, but I soon realized that for a career I wanted something a little more substantial. I had the privilege of shadowing some surgeons and fell in love with medicine.
I still love film. I still love to write, that’s partly why I’m posting here. Maybe those things will come later.
Beyond film, writing, and neurosurgery my interests include healthcare policy, international travel, politics, current events, skiing, college football, cigars, classical history and I gotta admit, video games.
- I’ve hit up six of the ten on this ‘best ski resorts’ list
- My favorite, but not the best movies, are The Godfather, Hackers, Dr. Stangelove, Do Ma Daan, Ikiru, Aliens, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, Anchorman, Utomlyonnye Solntsem
- I’ve briefly explored England, France, Belgium, Mexico, Canada, The Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Switzerland, Australia
- More parts of the world are to follow
- I’m proud to be a Texan
- I once stood at a urinal next to George Lucas
- Lacrosse is a beautiful sport
- I am a huge USC Trojans fan
- My other teams are the San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Cowboys, West Ham United, Duke Blue Devils, and Houston Astros
- I witnessed January 4, 2006 in person and it was depressing
- I take photos every once in a while, but then again who doesn’t?
On Residency Notes I’ll cover life in medicine, healthcare policy, surgical and neurosurgical cases, journal articles and essentially whatever my little heart desires. I promise not to stray into actual patient info and not to ever give out medical advice.
In addition to Residency Notes in the past I’ve helped Nick Genes run the day to day operations of Grand Rounds. I previously wrote a weekly column for Medscape entitled Pre-Rounds and at Medscape’s student blog, The Differential.
Currently I have no relevant financial relationships which would influence what I post here on Residency Notes.
I always at least pretend to be interested in the opinions of readers and I encourage all readers to comment. As well, I’m looking for new medical reads, if you’re a medical blogger with something interesting to say drop me a line. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Youtube amongst other places.
