Features:
In Rural America, There Are Few People Left to Drive the Ambulances
The New Yorker
Rural EMS systems, which rely on volunteers, have started to collapse.
As Wilson High Grapples with its Name, the School is Getting Whiter
The Washington Post
Changing names and changing demographics at a DC public school.
Why Kyrsten Sinema’s Former Canvassers Feel Betrayed By Her
The Atlantic
They feel that their newly independent Senator misled them about her beliefs.
Doctors with Disabilities Could Improve American Medicine
Slate
One in five Americans has a disability. Less than 1% of doctors do.
Why the FDA Won’t Let Gay Men Give Blood
Mother Jones Magazine
The AIDS crisis continues to shape public health policy, decades after it ended.
As America Ages, Meals on Wheels Continues to Decline
Slate
Law makers praise the effective and beloved program, and then let it go underfunded.
How Gilead Sciences Exploited a Patent Loophole for an HIV Prevention Drug
Mother Jones Magazine
In drug development, profit doesn’t always spur innovation.
How Kyrsten Sinema Subverts the Radical Conventions of Queer Politics
The Washington Post
AIDS activists used ‘camp’ to punch up, but Sinema punches down.
Bone Tired. Underpaid. Performing Surgery. What Could Go Wrong?
Mother Jones Magazine
US medical residents practically never rest. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Republicans Are Targeting Drag Shows. This Congressman Loves Them.
The Atlantic
Representative Robert Garcia is expanding what it looks like to be gay in Congress.
Rich Doctor, Poor Doctor: Why More Medical Students Want to Sub-Specialize
Mother Jones Magazine
Everything in medicine is about the money in some way or another.
Adm. Rachel Levine: A Bureaucrat and a Symbol
Mother Jones Magazine
Biden’s Highest-Ranking Trans Official Is Learning the Limits of Representation
Book Review: A Sympathetic Look at the Rise — and Stall — of Gay Conservatives
The Washington Post
“Coming Out Republican” is less about an interest group than a self-interest group.
Research Publications:
Qualitative Analysis of the LA Barbershop Blood Pressure Study
Journal of the American College of Cardiology Abstract, 1st author
The essential aspects of a community-based hypertension program, according to 10 barbers, 20 shop patrons, and a pharmacist.
Photo credit: Cedars Sinai
What’s the Point of Humanities Education in Medical School?
Cell Reports Medicine
Commentary, 1st author
The humanities are often neglected in medical school but could make students into better doctors.
Image Credit: Keith Haring, “Humanism”
Acute Uncomplicated Appendicitis During Pregnancy: National Trends and Outcomes
Annals of Surgery
Manuscript, 4th author
Non-operative management had worse outcomes than laparoscopic appendectomy for pregnant patients with appendicitis,
Image Credit: CDC
REBOA for Non-traumatic Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage in the US
JAMA Surgery
Research Letter, 3rd Author
REBOA may have benefits for patients with few comorbidities who present in shock from GI hemorrhage.
Image Credit: Emergency Radiology
Rectal Cancer Survival for pCIS v. pCR After Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
Manuscript, 1st Author
Pathologic complete response is associated with improved survival compared to pathologic carcinoma in situ.
Image Credit: Baylor Scott & White Health