Patient Presents with a “Fishy” Eye Nothing ruins a day at the beach quite like getting a fish bone stuck in your eyeball. Unfortunately, that’s what happened to a beachgoer visiting the Red Sea in 2015. The 52- year-old tourist was swimming in the Red Sea when he collided with a school of fish. Not…
What are Grand Rounds? In the late 19th century, Sir William Osler, the father of modern medicine, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Medical School, and John Hopkins’ first professor of medicine, introduced an innovative physician-to-physician teaching forum to disseminate cutting-edge medical knowledge at the bedside. This became known as grand rounds. During grand…
Live Your Dream! Physicians are consistently ranked as one of the top respected professions in the world. As such, it’s no surprise that thousands of people worldwide dream of wearing the white lab coat, strapping a stethoscope around their necks, and becoming healers. Yet there are many obstacles to living the dream of becoming a…
The Disease Cowboy Rides Again In 2011, I walked down the steps of a specially chartered flight into a small Pacific island nation that was in the grip of an infectious disease outbreak that was sweeping the island, killing dozens every day, and threatening to overwhelm the limited local medical resources. I was greeted by…
Life is worth living! Tragically, nearly 800,000 people die from suicide each year. That means that every 40-seconds someone ends their life through suicide. And for every suicide there are another twenty attempts. As UHSA celebrates World Suicide Prevention Day, we encourage all members of the UHSA family to remember that life is worth living! …
The Fall 2020 trimester is off to a great start at UHSA! As many of you already know, UHSA has transitioned to a virtual learning space during the COVID-19 pandemic. Following an online orientation on Monday, classes are already underway with students meeting online for lectures, tutorials, and problem-based learning. UHSA has designed the myUHSA…