Last Friday we finally ventured out for some Palau nightlife. It’s a shame really that we have been here for nearly 3 weeks and haven’t...

Peleliu marks one of the bloodiest battles in the history of the US armed forces. Peleliu is at the southern end in the Palau archipelago...

Once again I arrived at the Palau hospital on Monday morning with no plan for the week. In a way I’m glad there isn’t a structure...

My week in the Palau hospital clinic started by working with a Doctor named Jonathan who I found out was actually a Pathologist. He was...

Once a month a team from the Palau hospital ventures out to one of the remote islands in the Palau archipelago know as Angaur. They do a...

After an exciting weekend of diving we made our way to our first day at the Palua or Belau national hospital. After riding our bikes...

I’ve never been scuba diving, and I’ve always been a bit concerned about trying it because I have a couple of ill tempered Eustachian...

There is a large section of Palau known as the rock islands. These island are limestone towers that shoot straight out of the water, they...

For those of you who don’t know what I’m up to here is a very brief introduction. At the end of Jan I went to my good friend Natalies...

During hurricane Katrina I kept a journal. I posted this journal on another website and soon enough time forgot about it. By chance I...

For the last 3 weeks I was in Israel for 10 days on a birthright trip, and then in Jordan for about a week. I’ve decided to write about...

The first two weeks of my month on Dermatology I worked in a clinic, which was actually pretty cool. I am kind of an odd ball with...

When I’m out tearing up the streets delivering pizzas on my scooter (or more appropriately put, lawnmower engine with wheels), I have no...

I got a job! Fourth year of med school is just that amazing. When I was in college the most money I made was when I did pizza delivery...

“We have a pulse” These are words that are unfortunately rarely heard more than a few minutes into CPR. When the hospital operator...

By the end of the third week of surgery I had still not seen a good trauma come in. There was one girl who got shot in the leg, but it...

About the second week of trauma surgery I realized that like every other rotation I have been on its pretty hit or miss depending on when...

Med school like any other endeavorers journey comes to a pinnacle of intensity. It’s the summit of the mountain, the grand finale, the...

My first month of surgery was pretty easy, nothing compared to what would lay ahead. At Tulane we have to do one month of surgical...

For the second half of the rotation I was in Pineville, Lousiana which is about a 4 hour drive north of New Orleans. Pineville is a town...