It Begins!
Thursday, August 31st 2006
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13 minutes ago at 5 o’ clock CST, the college football season kicked off! Boston College v. Central Michigan is the first game of the season and is showing on ESPN 2.
About The Blog
Medicine, healthcare policy, and random commentary from a medical student still on the naive side of the fence.
I'm a third year medical student in Texas.
I did my undergrad work in USC's School ofCinema-Television Cinematic Arts. I have a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Writing for Screen & Television. I loved it, but a future of waiting tables and taking meetings with B-List producers was not for me.
This blog is ostensibly to discuss healthcare policy and maybe educate a few of my fellow medical students. But it will stray into current events, politics, and other science topics when they draw my interest
Other odd notes about me:
I did my undergrad work in USC's School of
This blog is ostensibly to discuss healthcare policy and maybe educate a few of my fellow medical students. But it will stray into current events, politics, and other science topics when they draw my interest
Other odd notes about me:
- I've skied half the resorts on this list (Squaw Valley/Lake Tahoe, Snowbird/Park City, Whistler, Taos, Vail)
- I "played" lacrosse in high school and through a club level team in college
- I once stood at a urinal next to George Lucas
- My favorite (if not the best) films: The Godfather, Dr. Strangelove, Peking Opera Blues, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Hackers, Anchorman, Ikiru, Gladiator, Collateral, Slap Shot, Aliens
- I'm a pretty good cook
- The part of my brain allowing me to assimilate new languages is atrophic or broken or something
- "Therefor I Travel." I've currently been to (if for too short a time): Mexico, Australia, Britain, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Canada
- I'm a big sports fan, especially college football and NBA basketball. My teams: USC Trojans, San Antonio Spurs, Texas Longhorns, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Astros, Duke Blue Devils (Lacrosse), West Ham United
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Topics of Coverage
- Healthcare Costs
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- Avian Flu
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- Uninsured & Universal Healthcare
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Posts & Links of Note
- Organized Medicine Does What It Has To
- Professional Student Loans & Hypocrisy
- The Take On The Vioxx Scandal
- Mark Lanier Visits From Medskool
- Primary Care Income Disparity
- Four Myths of the Primary Care Crisis
- Give A Mouse A Cookie...
- Goodbye & Thank You
- Just How Poor Is Healthcare In America?
- Basic Science In Medical School
- A Patient's Choice
- Residency Competitiveness
- The Perfect Medical School
- Medical School Skit Nite
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