Prayer for Gaza and . . .
How do I respond to the horror? Starvation, continued bombing, the suffering? I have been helping a Gazan family physician Dr. Salam write up one year of data for the Family Doctor Initiative (FDI) she founded in January 2024. . .
Thoughts during uncertain times
We have moved into the season of expanding light. Relief always washes over me when we turn the corner at Winter solstice. There are many reasons to search for the light in the coming year. My family medicine colleague from Kansas does I nice job of describing the dark times ahead . . .
Tis the season of gratefulness…
I am thankful for all that I take for granted:
Living in a war-free area of the US. My recent 2 months in Nablus, Palestine, reminded me of the gift of not hearing drones and military planes flying overhead night and day. And to live in a US neighborhood where I am not afraid.
Seeding Hope
“Give them hope.” That was my charge from the course directors in Gateways, a pipeline masters in science program at Brown University created to increase the diversity of the physician workforce. Started by Dr. Gowri Anandarajah six years ago, the first two weeks of the program this summer have focused on various aspects of the US health…
Play it again
Twenty years ago, I was sitting on the concrete stairs outside the Shoulder to Shoulder apartments in Santa Lucia, Honduras, when I heard the announcer on a colleague’s short wave radio say that US troops were moving into Afghanistan. My compatriots (physicians, nurses, residents and medical students) on the medical mission out of the University of Cincinnati…