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It's the middle of the month, the Texans got royally owned by the Patriots in the divisional playoff game last night, I submitted my hospital credentialing for fellowship this morning, and I'm so far behind with ITE studying... but I'm…

What an absolutely incredible month! With weekends off, a week of vacation, Christmas Eve/Day off, and two academic days off to partake in Baylor Med's anesthesiology residency interview days, I only worked a total of 14 days doing regional…

I'm a little over halfway done with my regional anesthesia rotation and have accrued more neuraxial and peripheral nerve blocks than I could have ever imagined. There's something incredibly gratifying about doing blocks one day, and seeing…

This was easily my most emotionally challenging month of intern year to date. I watched patients receive life-saving organ transplants. I pronounced patients dead (and when I finally regained myself, I had to do it again... and again). I…

One of the mantras my attending emphasizes with regards to critical care deals with the timing of our interventions. In critical care, there's "a time to give and a time to take." So what does this mean? Well let's address a common…

What a crazy first week! I felt like I was constantly writing notes, seeing a new consult, in conference, or walking between places in the hospital. I tried picking up tidbits of critical care knowledge along the way, but most of the time…

Well it's time to start my sixth month of residency - pulmonary critical care (PCCS)! I enjoyed spending some time with my parents over Thanksgiving break and had a chance to wrap up a presentation for the first morning report of the month…

It's a cold Wednesday night, and I'm sipping on some hot chocolate while watching the Rockets' basketball game. The last month was a joy - having the opportunity to work with a co-anesthesia-intern to work up a slew of consults like…

Even though it's the 18th of the month, I'm almost finished with my clinical duties on cardiology because I'll be on my night shifts at the end of this week and have Thanksgiving vacation in the latter part of next week. That being said,…

I have one more day call tomorrow, and I'll be done with my elective on the hematology/oncology service. Its been a great month working with my colleagues on other consult services to coordinate patient care. The topic of Obamacare has…