“Baby I know times are a changin! Time to reach out for something new, and that means you too!” -Prince (may he rest in peace), from “Purple Rain.” Which, I will be singing tonight at Café Istanbul with my new band of intrepid musician Tulane residents. We’ve had two rehearsals, we don’t really know what […]
Tag: internal medicine
Booya Posole Community Stew
What I love about internal medicine happens also to be what I love about this stew—Everything is included. Wide variety. When you tire of the taste of carrots, have a tomato. When you’re sick of chicken, grab a piece of pork; when you’ve heard enough heart sounds, there are bowels. When you’ve stared at chest […]
The Secret of Life and Pane al Pomodoro
My internal medicine attending asked me a flattering question today: she wanted to know how I got my patients to like me so quickly. I told her that I must have learned it by epigenetic osmosis from my mother, who has been a charismatic woman for decades straight, and still going strong. She probed further, […]