Status: Making Baylor Med students and faculty proud! http://rk.md/x/39 (4 hrs ago) 

The Eve of Block 4

 Published: January 4, 2010 at 1:15 am in MS1

I’m pretty sure no one has ever been this excited to start head and neck anatomy, but I am. However nerdy it sounds, I’ve been looking forward to block 4 (head/neck, pathology, immunology, and pharmacology) since, well, the beginning of block 1. As you would imagine, it’s the extensive study of the brain which I’m anticipating more than anything else. Read more  

Rest in Peace – Kim Peek

 Published: December 22, 2009 at 10:43 am in Videos

Probably the world’s most famous savant, Kim Peek, a confounding mixture of brilliance and disability, has sadly passed away at age 58. Most of us have either heard about him with respect to the hit movie Rain Man or in one of his exhibitions of jaw-dropping knowledge retention and recall (as shown below). His story, along with the handful of others with “savant syndrome”, was one of the factors motivating me to study the brain. It’s remarkable how much three pounds of biology can accomplish. :-) Rest in peace, Kim Peek.

With all due respect to his family, I wonder if/how Kim’s brain will be studied post-mortem. It would be an incredible contribution to science indeed.

Brain – The Most Important Organ

 Published: December 16, 2009 at 11:37 pm in MS1

I know I’ll get bashed for this, but before beginning the next block (head and neck), I’d like to take a moment to write about why I think the brain is the singlemost important organ in the body. It’s true, aspiring to become a neurosurgeon has made me biased, but I think there are some valid points to be made. Read more