TV Series Review: “True Blood” (HBO/Max)
Review by Eric Dessner MD. Dr. Dessner is and opthalmologist in Brooklyn, NY and CEO and founder of Medmic.
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Advice to Young Physicians: Avoid the Headhunters
Eric Dessner, MD is an ophthalmologist in Brooklyn, New York. He is CEO and founder of Medmic, a platform for healthcare workers to express their artistic talents.
Eyes of Glass
Biography:
My name is Daniel Rose, MD, and I am a pediatric resident at Emory University in Atlanta, GA whose experiences in medicine continually shape how I understand vulnerability, mortality, and human connection. I began writing poetry in middle school and was drawn to it as a way to express thoughts and emotions freely, without the constraints of formal grammar or structure, a freedom that continues to ground me amid the rigors of clinical life.
Key West: Travel Review
Very large apartment in a residential condo building with amenities available through the hotel and stock island hotel and marina which is adjacent to the
Holiday Spirit Poems
As a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellow on an inpatient unit over the holiday season, I wrote these pieces to capture the quiet ironies, fleeting joys, and subtle rhythms of life in the unit.
Winter 2026 Poetry Contest (Feb 1st-April 30th): Winner Receives a $100 Dollar Cash Prize. Entry fee $10 dollars per poem.
We are pleased to announce our Winter 2026 Poetry Contest (Feb 1st – April 30th). The winner will receive a $100 cash prize. The 1st and 2nd runners up will have their poem published on www.medmic.com for 6 months and receive commentary from the contest judges. The winner will also have the option of promoting their work through a video interview on www.medmic.com. Poems can belong to any genre (free form, rhyming, sonnets, haiku, etc) We encourage poets to send poems that relate to wellness or healthcare, but this is not absolutely mandatory. Submissions will be accepted until April 30th, 2026.
Winter 2026 Haiku Contest (Feb 1st – April 30th). The winner will receive a $100 cash prize. Entry fee $10 per Haiku.
We are pleased to announce our Winter 2026 Haiku Contest (Feb 1st – April 30th). The winner will receive a $100 cash prize.
Not Looking Away
Kathy Ray retired in 2024 from 30 years as a PA in the fields of dermatology, cardiology and internal medicine in the Albany, New York area. Patients’ stories often inspired poetry, but it was relegated to sticky notes. Now, words get their due.
Congruity
The poem is by Mufakir Bhanain, which is a pen name for Drs. Pamela Butler and Fatima Shad (see bio below). Dr. Butler lives in New York City and Dr. Shad lives in Sydney, Australia.
Brief bio: Mufakir Bhanain is the union of two neuroscientists (Drs. Pamela Butler and Fatima Shad), who write poetry together. Mufakir means thinker and Bhanain means sister.
Spring/ Summer 2025 Haiku Contest Winner
Nimish Garg a 4th-year medical student at the USC Keck School of Medicine, planning to become an internal medicine physician. He writes poetry as a creative outlet to reflect on and navigate both the triumphs and challenges of learning the art of medicine.