Internal Medicine

So, I started my internal medicine rotation a month ago. Everyday, I go into the hospital, see patients, and do rounds with the residents and attending. I don't really do a whole lot as far as procedures and such but I have learned so much from the attendings that it makes up for it. Everyone at this hospital seems to really care about teaching which is great for the students. On my first week I got to see my patient get a cardiac catheterization which is where they thread a wire into someone's coronary arteries and place balloons or stents to open up clogged arteries. I went to watch the procedure and the cardiologist, who didn't even know who I was, sat down with me after the procedure and explained everything to me...it was really awesome. On the weekends, I have been hanging out with some friends doing stuff in the city. A few weekends ago, it was my friend Ruth's birthday and we celebrated by taking a boat cruise at night in the Hudson River. It was so cool getting to see the city from that vantage point. Last weekend, we walked all around Manhattan including going to Grand Central Station, Bryant Park, and Times Square and then on Sunday there was a huge street fair on the next block up from my apartment that was really cool with lots of food and booths set up from local shops selling all sorts of things. This weekend, my friends and I walked around Prospect Park on Friday which was really pretty and then on Saturday went shopping at an outlet mall in New Jersey. Yesterday, I did some chores and then my roommate and I ended up going to our downstairs neighbors apartment and hanging out in the backyard for awhile which was really nice. Enjoy some photos from the past few weeks!! View of the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges from the Southstreet Seaport in Manhattan.

Pictures from the boat cruise on the Hudson! Empire State Building

Empire State Building again

New World Trade building

You can't really tell, but this is a sailboat that was out in the River.

Statue of Liberty

New World Trade buildings

At Rockafellar Center

Lake at Prospect Park