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From Genocide to Healing: The Rebirth of Cambodia’s Hospital System
October 23, 2025
In October 2023, Dr. Brodkin spent two weeks volunteering in Kampot, Cambodia, where he taught medical residents and supervised patient care at the local hospital. During that time, he developed a...
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Fighting the Pandemic of Misinformation
October 1, 2025
Adapted from a talk given at TEDx-Buffalo, June 2025 On November 28, 2021, scrolling through Twitter, I came across a tweet by @SailingKateMD: “Checked my ICU list after being gone for a few days...
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What It Means to Lead: Motherhood, Medicine, and Redefining the Possible
September 16, 2025
Being a woman in medicine is powerful. Being a mother in medicine is redefining leadership through transformation, compassion, and resilience. On September 11, 2025, at the Society of Hospital...
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The Care and Feeding of Your Nocturnist: A Field Guide for Diurnals
August 12, 2025
By Someone Who Regrets Writing This at 3:12 a.m. It is a curious feature of modern medical ecosystems that diurnal creatures—those brisk, tie-wearing types or business casual disciples of...
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The ABCs of Hospitalist Leadership in Graduate Medical Education: Advancing Care, Building Community, and Creating Opportunity
July 31, 2025
As we celebrated National Hospitalist Day 2025 and reflect on this year’s theme—the ABCs of Hospitalists’ impact—Advancing care, Building community, and Creating opportunity—it is fitting...
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The Love in Medicine
July 31, 2025
The excitement of loving medicine stems from its unique blend of science, compassion, and problem-solving. Medicine is not merely a profession; it is a calling that intertwines the pursuit of...
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Different Spheres
July 31, 2025
Shana* was a young adult admitted for more than two weeks with a painful sickle cell episode when our team came on service. Even though I knew her from a previous admission, she was wary of so many...
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Going Home
July 31, 2025
She promised herself that this would be the last time, no matter what. She is tired and wants to go home. This is the visit that tipped the scale. Literally. That damn scale was the source of this...
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The Quarterback of Your Care Team
July 31, 2025
“He’s way too smart—he should’ve gone into fellowship.” That’s what an internal medicine resident said to me one weekend, referring to a colleague who had just signed on to join our...
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Room 12-240
July 31, 2025
“What’s the story?” I ask as I walk into room 12-240. I’ve done this dance so many times today in so many different rooms all over the tower. The patient I face now is unknown to me. Strands...