Twelve Foreigners in a Hotel Conference Room
After being woken by the sounds of Morning Prayer the following day, I got the ultrasound probes and tablets together before heading down to meet the team. Once everyone was…
After being woken by the sounds of Morning Prayer the following day, I got the ultrasound probes and tablets together before heading down to meet the team. Once everyone was…
There are few places in the world as difficult to understand for outsiders as Afghanistan. A country that has been destroyed by war several times over the last 45 years,…
One of the things I love most about portable ultrasound is how stupidly easy it is to learn. People sometimes think that I am bringing far more technical instruction than…
This blog series will be slightly different from my others, mainly due to the collaborative nature of this project with a military entity. Photographs from within their facility and finer…
‘Well, here we are.’ ‘Where is that exactly?’ ‘Right where we wanted to be. This is your dream, remember?’ ‘Why doesn’t it feel that way?’ ‘Good question.’ - …
It doesn’t feel like that long ago that I landed in Philadelphia. In June 2021, just a few short weeks after finishing medical school in the shadow of covid lockdowns…
I was one of four Penn trainees visiting Botswana. Alongside me in the luxury apartment were three medical students. One was a PhD with cardiology aspirations, who would accept no…
I kept my usual pep as I sauntered into the ICU the next morning. I had spent some time reflecting on my circumstances and how I could help. In truth,…
When I was in medical school, I got a summer research scholarship to join a lab at the University of Toronto. I worked under a seasoned and clinically retired surgeon…