To fast or not to fast is what Ramadan is all about. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and this year it runs from Feb. 23 to March 23. Muslims around the world fast during this month.

After the article was published, changes were made to the faculty guidelines for the BMS graduate program and student efforts ...

After a morning of lectures on pulmonary physiology, his tour would transport us medical students through the Great Depression, the Beatnik Movement, and land us in the Summer of Love and the start of ...

These lines reflect my gratitude for the opportunity to pause, re-center, and move forward with intention while pursuing my master’s degree at UCSF. As I stand here, I am still inspired by my mom, who ...

Surgery in UC Hospital operating room, 1924. This photograph from 1924, taken in one of the operating rooms at the University of California Hospital (present day UCSF), is spare and almost austere.

I am writing this the day after President Obama gave his State of the Union address to Congress. The most refreshing thing about that speech was how blunt he was with everyone in the room. He even ...

For more than a century, the operating room has quietly recorded not only what surgical culture values, but also how... I served as EIC of Synapse from Fall 2016 to Summer 2019. I wanted to serve as ...

Dr. Bob Wachter, UCSF’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, gained a vast twitter following during the COVID pandemic with his informative, direct, and sometimes personal tweets. He’s kept his ...

After years of internal debate, I finally got my first tattoo. He’s a small lizard, with a topological map design inside, scaling the outer edge of my left ankle. His fine lines and tasteful detail ...

At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to accelerate, leading to an unusually tall stature. My pediatrician predicted a height of at least 6' 4" after puberty, whereas the ...