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Commuting Like a Pro—From Brooklyn to East Harlem (And Back Again)
When I tell people that I commute back and forth between East Harlem and where I live in Brooklyn, they’re always surprised as to why I chose not to dorm on campus at Aron Hall. My response is that commuting is what I’m used to. I spent four years commuting to Hunter...
A Night at the Oscars for a Week in Haiti
On Sunday, February 26, Med Students 4 Haiti (MS4H) hosted an event called “A Night at the Oscars” in the student lounge of Aron Hall. This year’s Academy Awards was widely publicized for reaching a historic degree of diversity and inclusion among the nominees and...
Superwomen in White Coats
On Wednesday, March 1, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) chapter of the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA) and SinaiArts co-hosted an event called “Superwomen in White Coats: What Does the Coat Mean to You?” Donning a white coat is an...
Artistic Expressions: A Poem on Schizophrenia
Kamini Doobay, Class of 2017, wrote the following poem shortly after Schizophrenia was covered in class and she saw a patient with the disease in the hospital. From the author: "This is my attempt to write a narrative poem about a patient based in a time/culture when...
Artistic Expressions: A Poem on Addiction
Kamini Doobay, Class of 2016, wrote the following poem in her second year after a patient presentation on addiction. A Plea to Her Father Is it a disease? I used to ask. How can a man be ruled by a flask? Falling into an abyss and falling so fast, Into this horrid...
Photo Essay: Teaching Community and Public Health at a North Dakota Tribal College
This past July, Marielle Young, Class of 2017, visited a Native American Reservation in North Dakota to teach a Community and Public Health Course. Marielle Young is an MD candidate, Class of 2017
White Coats for Human Rights
At times in medical school, it’s easy to get lost in the science and memorization and forget the bigger picture of why you want to be a doctor. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai’s InFocus weeks come between the major system blocks and are designed to be a...
Reflections on InFocus and Beyond
Here at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, InFocus weeks are meant to bring the entire class together for a few days to get exposure to a variety of things depending on where we are in our educational timeline. Our first InFocus experience came after a...
What to Do with Illegal Immigrants and Are We Scared of the Wrong Monster?
Every year, students at the Icahn School of Medicine write Op-Ed articles about topics in health care and advocacy to culminate InFocus 4. Olga Salianski's article, "What to Do with Illegal Immigrants and Are We Scared of the Wrong Monster?" was one of the 10...