I first heard about Partners in Health (PIH) in college after a friend recommended Mountains Beyond Mountains, a book about Paul Farmer’s volunteer experience in Haiti as a medical student. He later co-founded PIH. The book’s descriptions of Haitian communities suffering from preventable and treatable diseases such as tuberculosis and malnutrition were striking. I felt driven to Read more
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Talk about a doctor on the move. For nearly four decades – from Guatemala to Uganda and points in between, Dr. Jerry Paccione Jr. has been a galvanizing force in promoting global health. His drive to treat patients in remote areas where health care is extremely limited has resulted in one of Einstein’s most vibrant Read more
Trips to doctors and dentists can be especially anxiety-provoking and traumatic for patients with disabilities and their families. During my second year at Einstein, my fellow Einstein classmate Kyle Kelson and I became more aware of this during an enlightening session of Introduction to Clinical Medicine that focused on caring for families of children with Read more
Editors’ Note: This season, about 18,000 future doctors will make the time-honored transition from medical school to residency. It’s a time of pride, excitement and understandable apprehension about the future. Speaking at Einstein’s 56th commencement, Dr. Arturo Casadevall talked about the importance of pursuing new knowledge in the quest for success, productivity and purpose. He shared Read more
In the dire days of 1942, Winston Churchill used the phrase “the end of the beginning” to describe a turning point in World War II. These words could equally be applied to a much happier and more auspicious occasion: graduation from medical school. On May 28, the Einstein Read more
It’s no surprise that the U.S. is home to large numbers of Spanish speakers. According to the Census Bureau, in 2011 there were 38 million Spanish speakers in the U.S. Einstein’s medical Spanish program, and similar ones at other medical schools are designed to better prepare doctors for patient interactions. What you may not be Read more
