OpinionSeptember 15, 2020
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
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).
OpinionMarch 12, 2020
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
PolicySeptember 17, 2019
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
PolicyApril 26, 2019
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
BehaviorMarch 15, 2019
Physicians and Social Media
Platforms like Twitter and Instagram can blur the boundaries between doctors and patients
Mental HealthJanuary 28, 2019
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