Internal Medicine Resident Physician, PGY-3
I recently came across a terrifically intriguing TEDx talk regarding social media. The title? “Quit Social Media,” by a self-proclaimed “Millennial, computer scientist, book author” from Georgetown University. A short 13-minute video with over 1.5 million views (as of May 31, 2017), with that title, instantaneously piqued my curiosity. I watched. He also wrote an article for the NY…
Medical residency training is an amazing opportunity, filled with a lot of stressful scenarios that test your knowledge and grit. I have had the pleasure of working with some excellent Fellows in the various subspecialty fields, including one in particular from the Critical Care Medicine department. Knowing that I am pursuing a Gastroenterology fellowship position, he went…
For residency, my new home has been Orlando, Florida. More specifically, downtown Orlando. I wanted to curate some of my favorite photographs from my sporadic walking tours of downtown and the surrounding area. All photos are original and taken on my Sony a6300 camera.
With the advent of Spring, I wanted to develop a photograph I took while on my honeymoon in Maui, Hawaii with my wife. Just outside our West Maui lanai, this plant caught my eye with its repetitive design. It nearly jumps off the screen! You will notice some rainwater still left on the leaves. I’ll add…
Atop was the photo challenge earlier this month. I took this photograph in October 2016 looking east in the center of downtown Orlando. To the center and right are a couple of prominent condominium towers on a gorgeous backdrop of a Florida autumn sunset. I hope you all like it!
My take on this week’s “Photo Challenge,” called Shadow.
In this section, I’ll outline important facts about Acute Pancreatitis and Chronic Pancreatitis that most residents and hospitalists should be aware of. Acute Pancreatitis Hospitalists, listen up! This is the #1 GI cause of hospitalization in the States. Clinically: c/c severe epigastric pain 80% are classified as “Mild Pancreatitis” Recovery within few days…
The stomach and duodenum comprise two well elucidated, critical organs in the digestive process. I will review Peptic Ulcer Disease, Dyspepsia, H. pylori, gastroparesis, and other similar pathology in this post. Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) Clinically: Typical symptoms = epigastric pain; eating may either hurt/help the pain, early satiety, nausea, bloating, nocturnal pain (suggesting duodenal…
Esophageal cancer accounts for a jaw-dropping amount of cancer-related deaths, and is now classified as the 6th-highest cause of death in this group. In this installment of the study guide series, I will discuss Barrett Esophagus (I learned this entity as Barrett Metaplasia) and esophageal cancer (neoplasia). Barrett Metaplasia Metaplasia: columnar epithelium replaces the physiologic squamous epithelium…