Medmic

Ode to an appendix

Samuel Weisenthal, PhD, MD, MS explores the humanistic implications of statistical frameworks for medical decision-making through essays, poetry, and visual art. He aims to facilitate the application of evidence to medicine in a way that is both rigorous and patient-centered.

Haiku: Why Pediatrics

Originally from Toronto, Canada, Marthena Phan is a medical student at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in Miami set to graduate with her MD in 2026 and pursuing a career in child neurology. Since starting her fourth and last year of medical school, Marthena now has significantly more free time to engage in her first and true passion: writing.