AI Ally
by Isabelle Tran a 3rd Year Medical Student at The Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University.
Hangs up. Phone drops. Thud.
She blinks back tears and looks up.
Thyroid cancer, huh…
Typing, click clack..thud.
Google. What is a thyroid?
ChatGPT cures.
Have thyroid cancer.
Should I be scared? Please tell me.
As a haiku, please.
Chat GPT
“Silent nodal threat
Radiant hope in white beams
Thyroid whispers heal.”
She sighs in relief.
Texts friends, invites family
over for comfort.
The next day, she calls
Her doctor, ready to talk,
ready to listen.
Isabelle Tran is a rising third year medical student at the Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University who is currently taking a sabbatical year to conduct academic research and explore passions like reading and writing. Prior to medical school, she studied Cognitive Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and is passionate about innovation in medicine, especially in ways to uplift marginalized communities, seen in her work with the An Lanh Free Clinic and at Cognoa, a pediatric digital health company.