Creative block? Try the Flying Trapeze! Twenty meters above the ground, my heart races. I can barely make out the directions my instructor shouts at me, so intense is the pounding. Gingerly, I step on the edge of the trapeze platform, with nothing beneath my toes save for empty space. I stretch out my arms, [...]
The Art of Strategic Selfishness People often ask me, “How do you find time to do all that you do?? Do you have more hours in the same day?” Sometimes, this question is followed by “And you still smile!” Do I have a secret potion (a by-product of my pharmacy degree), special tricks, or just [...]
At two in the afternoon on December 31, I felt my Fitbit buzz against my wrist. I had done it--I had accomplished my goal of walking 10,000 steps each and every single day during 2016. The challenge I had created for myself was complete; I had achieved what I had set out to do. I [...]
Thanks to the advances of modern science and innovations in medicine, we are living in a time of great hope and improved outcomes for patients. When I compare the medical treatments and therapies that are available today with those described in textbooks from my university days, I am amazed by the amount of progress that [...]
Though I knew moving to a new country would mean adjusting to new healthcare policies, I hadn’t anticipated just how different Hungary’s healthcare system would be from the Dutch system I was used to. The differences between Hungary’s healthcare system and that of The Netherlands were stark. I had anticipated and prepared myself for change; [...]
Imagine that tomorrow you woke up and did not feel well. So unwell, that you could not go about your day to day, you could not perform to the best of your abilities at work, and you were left feeling physically and emotionally drained, without any sign of improvement. What would you do? If you [...]
