Dr. John Grady of Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

Came to speak for RRHS research symposium on Monday.  I actually found the the talk to be very inspirational. Spoke eloquently about the the

-You'll get a lot more accomplished in research if you don't insist on taking credit for it.
-Retreat Groups: Dr. Grady to this day still assembles colleagues from around the world for the purpose of discussing and improving their knowledge/methods for a variety of topics.
-Bunions: over 1/3 of the procedures do not receive satisfactory ratings from patients.  This is an appallingly high figure, especially for an elective procedure.  Making me want to investigate the topic of bunion surgeries (ie: less invasiveness, Wu syndesmosis technique etc.) much more.

-Need to contact Dr. Wu in HK re: syndesmosis technique shadowing opportunities, research opportunities etc.

-Need to contact Dr. Grady re: what is the best way to investigate the efficacy of a surgical technqiue and bring it into the mainstream

-also spoke with Joe Candella PhD candidate doing the dual DPM/PhD degree at RFUMS.  Deadline for application is early January.  Is this something I'm interested in?  Need to discuss with Dr. Intine.

Phillip Roth, from his book Everyman: "Amateurs look for inspiration. The rest of us just get up and go to work."

These are interesting:

check out his audio clips on improvisation and balancing the two huge commitments of a medical career and jazz musician:

www.dennyzeitlin.com

a jazz pianist / pyschiatrist at ucsf; amazing-would love to talk to him one day, maybe I'll call his nurse to setup an appointment; found this through:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asK_97KCbjY&mode=related&search=

an amazing video, released on youtube on August 26th, 2006

Also, found some interesting student stories from some first year students at UCSF; so these are the types of students that they are interested in....

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/news/features/education/20051212_StudentModesti.aspx

all of them very different, very interesting; one of them a 'rockstar' jazz guitarist for a number of years before applying to med school etc... interesting...should read through these again as time permits and as soon as I start thinking about applying to schools.

I need to stop taking myself so seriously. Too much idealism just gets in the way of accomplishing things. I am not that beautiful idea in my head!

Things to do:
-essay (late)
-essay proposal (late as of today)
-CHE Midterm 2 (tomorrow, 7/25)
-CHE Final Exam (
-ENL Final Paper (T, Aug 1)
-ENL Final Exam (W, Aug 2)
-Start packing to move into new apartment
-Thank you cards for grad gifts

“Time and the availability of time,” she said, “has an awful lot to do with an explosion of expression.”

"It's like driving at night. Your headlights only light up the road 30 feet in front of you, but that's enough to get you all the way home." -E.L. Doctorow