CHRONICLES OF AN EASTERN SEABOARD MED STUDENT

I'm a third year medical student at a large allopathic medical school located in, you guessed it, a large city in the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. Before my life as a medical student, I was a research study assistant, and before that, a business systems analyst at a financial software firm, and still before that, an economics and biology major. This blog was created with the specific aim of documenting my experiences navigating the challenges, craziness and life-changing times that are med school... Between my second and third years, two weeks before the USMLE Step 1, I was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and am undergoing chemotherapy while doing my clerkships. I also throw in some personal observations here and there to keep it interesting.