Stories by Soumya Rangarajan

Soumya Rangarajan, MD, MPP, is a member of the Junior Clinical Faculty in the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor, MI. She is the Administrative Lead for Acute Care for Elders (ACE) and is on the UM Faculty Senate Medical Affairs Advisory Committee (MAAC).

Public Health

COVID-19’s Other Unnecessary Death Toll

Our bungled national response exposed the fragility of our already broken health care system by keeping people with other fatal diseases from getting treatment

September 15, 2020 — Soumya Rangarajan | Opinion

Policy

A Major Medical Licensing Exam Is Going Pass-Fail, and It’s About Time

The USMLE Step 1 test has little to do with the actual practice of medicine anyway

March 12, 2020 — Soumya Rangarajan | Opinion

Policy

The Closure of a Historic Hospital Is an Ominous Warning Sign

Hahnemann University Hospital has been serving Philadelphia’s poorest residents since 1848; its demise is a harbinger of worse to come

September 17, 2019 — Soumya Rangarajan

Policy

Want to Come Study or Work in America? Not So Fast

We say we welcome skilled immigrants like doctors and engineers, but we don’t act that way

April 26, 2019 — Soumya Rangarajan

Behavior

Physicians and Social Media

Platforms like Twitter and Instagram can blur the boundaries between doctors and patients

March 15, 2019 — Soumya Rangarajan

Mental Health

When Physicians Need to Ask for Help

I learned during my last year of medical training—the most difficult year of my life—that “going it alone” did not make me stronger

January 28, 2019 — Soumya Rangarajan