This 2004 HBO film depicts the story of Vivien Thomas (Mos Def), an African-American aspiring doctor, and Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman), a white surgeon and how these men pioneered modern heart surgery. Set in 1930, when hospitals were still segregated and… Read More »Something The Lord Made
The film is centered around one of Dr. Carson’s most important and career-launching surgeries, the separation of conjoined twins, and also recounts the events in his life leading up to this moment. Despite the high risks associated with such a… Read More »Gifted Hands
When Michael Collins decides to become a surgeon, he is totally unprepared for the chaotic life of a resident at a major hospital. A natural overachiever, Collins’ success, in college and medical school led to a surgical residency at one… Read More »Hot Lights, Cold Steel – Michael J Collins, M.D.
Published in 1978, The House of God is a classic but an important read for any pre-medical or medical student. Dr. Samuel Shem takes us on a thrilling journey into his life as an intern at one of the premier… Read More »House Of God – Samuel Shem
Sometimes in medicine the only way to know what is truly going on in a patient is to operate, to look inside with one’s own eyes. This book is exploratory surgery on medicine itself, laying bare a science not in… Read More »Complications – Atul Gawande
In medical school, Matt McCarthy dreamed of being a different kind of doctor—the sort of mythical, unflappable physician who could reach unreachable patients. But when a new admission to the critical care unit almost died his first night on call, he found… Read More »The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly – Matt McCarthy
The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the… Read More »Better: A Surgeon’s Note on Performance – Atul Gawande
What if you’re in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen — and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures into tragedies. Erica Frenkel demos one solution: the universal… Read More »The Universal Anesthesia Machine
Do we lack the surgical touch? In this highly thought-provoking talk, Dr. Carla Pugh (surgeon and educator), discusses whether our medical education systems are falling behind in teaching us the process of perceiving and recognizing objects through the sense of… Read More »Getting A Sense For The Surgical Touch
With USA successfully conducting its first Uterus Transplant, there’s increasing hope for women with uterine factor infertility. A team of surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic performed the procedure on a 26-year-old woman in a nine-hour operation. Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/26/health/first-uterus-transplant/index.html A team of Cleveland Clinic… Read More »Cleveland Clinic Performs First Uterus Transplant In The U.S.