“I am prescribing paracetamol for your fever. You can take Tossex cough syrup in case of cough.” That was I, aged six, giving a scribbled prescription on my pink notepad to, Anila, my neighbour and friend. Remembering names of medicines came to me, naturally. Being pivotal in making others ‘feel better’ and regain their health was an elixir, like no other. Therefore, before I knew it, my game had become my passion and I decided to become a doctor.
A College of Letters and Sciences’ studentship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison holds the promise to be the best platform on which will I work towards achieving my life’s goal. As a UW-Madison scholar, I would be among like-minded students of life sciences, engage in cerebral dialogues, undertake
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Exploring and discovering at the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center and at the Cardiovascular Research Center, especially interests me, for Dr. Timothy A. Hacker’s work in the former and Dr. Amish Raval’s in the latter center, are in tandem with my interests. Working in the cardiovascular field under their tutelage would be life-changing experiences. Also, my learning curve will rise diagonally, as I imbibe from Dr. William J Burlingham, whose research focus on kidney, lung, heart and liver transplantation, would afford me countless eureka moments, as I learn the secrets of conducting successful surgical transplants. The Waisman Center, where I will expand my knowledge bank in the areas of human development, developmental diseases and neurodegenerative diseases, also beckons me. Furthermore, volunteering and learning about neurodegenerative diseases, there would expand my repertoire, phenomenally. At the UW-Madison’s CORE, I envision developing a toolkit of skills that will serve me well as a researcher for …show more content…
I aspire to apply for the Wisconsin Idea Fellowship in February 2019, after developing my project plan with my team. Participating in Walk the Walk, beginning at Ogg Hall, the annual Be the Change Bash, discovering my niche area to pay forward in the All Campus Day of Service, are the other aspects of the The Morgridge Centre for Public Services that appeal to me. I will gain immensely by partaking in summer internships, both domestic and international, from 3M, to working at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Bronx, N.Y.), to Partaking in Bylor College of Medicine’s SMART program, to CMOP and JHU’s
7th grade brought opportunity to discover more about medicine. Mrs. Barrett asked us to research an interesting careers. I picked pediatrics. I chose to tap into a first-hand experience by sitting down with Dr. Wayne. Every patient to him was like solving a Scooby Doo mystery. Sick kids were so young that, they could not always tell what was going on and parents were also at a loss for words. However, often times there were hints as to the illness. Arriving at a
Attention Getter: A week and a half ago, there was a news article reporting that Dr. Bud Frazier was being honored for performing the most heart transplants nationwide. Specifically, he performed 1,500 heart transplants and implanted 1,000 left ventricular assist devices. He is also the man who invented the device. Where did the remarkable research and advances begin for organ transplants in human beings, and how did it make progress?
The most interesting part of this article for me was learning that researchers and surgeons have already developed so much information on regenerative medicine. I had no idea that simple organs such as bladders and tracheas were already being rebuilt and put into humans. This field is very interesting to me and it seems like difficult work but I think that everything that comes out of it will be helpful to the medical field and human health. The way they are able to take something as small as a cell and turn it into a functioning organ is surprising to me. I knew about the growing list of people who need some type of transplant and the fact that researchers are looking for a way to diminish this list is amazing. It seems to be a growing field of study and I hope that many bright researchers join this study of the human heart and regenerative medicine.
I had the opportunity to read “Doctors” by Anne Sexton. My initial reaction to this text was that the poem is endearing, Sexton truly grasps the nature of not only doctors but also everyone who is involved with the care of a patient, from the doctors and RN’s all the way down to the CNA’s and Dietary Aids. All work with “herbs” whether it be a Doctor giving out painkillers or a Dietary Aid bringing a warm meal with a smile, all factors go into the “gentleness” and “do no harm” so that the patient will get better.
Imagine that there is a cure for nearly every ailment that affects the human race. Imagine that you could help the terminally ill, put those you love out of pain, and cut the healing time of an enormous number of serious illnesses in half. Imagine a world in which pain and suffering would be nearly nonexistent, and the people you love can live safe from the fear of crippling injury. Now what if I told you that this utopia was a fast approaching reality? Everything from serious life threatening burns to lymphoma, AIDS, Alzheimer’s, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s Disease, Spinal Cord Injury, and Strokes could, in the very near future, be eliminated through the simple culturing and implementation of stem cell therapy . These diseases are no small component of the myriad of conditions that plagues the human race, and yet, the end for these horrible maladies could very well be in sight. Man has always sought to end suffering, largely without success, until now. the promise that stem cell therapy holds could completely change our world for the better. Already, stem cell therapy is being used to treat leukemia, immune disorders, hodgkins and non-hodgkins lymphoma, anemia and a profusion of other ailments. As you all know, this is no small accomplishment. One day i believe that we may look at alzheimer's and diabetes and other major illnesses much like we look at polio today, as a treatable illness. Right now, our research with stem cells is providing us with new light into how we look at and model disease, our ability to understand why we get sick and even to develop new drugs. In 2008, a researcher from the New York Stem Cell Foundation Laborato...
.... The Trouble With Transplants | 5 Discoveries That Will Change The Future of Organ Transplants. Time. Retrieved from http://healthland.time.com/2013/06/06/5-discoveries-that-will-change-the-future-of-organ-transplants/slide/the-problem-with-transplants/
Once upon a time, it seems, physicians were wise and good, and medicine was an art. That's the feeling I get reading from the Chahar Maqala, tales from a time when doctors diagnosed lovesick princes from a urine sample, a pulse, and a review of local geography.
Oddly enough, my relationship with medicine began at an early age, as a twelve year old asthmatic, living in a house with two dogs (that I insisted on having). As a result, whenever I got sick, my respiratory situation was quick to decline, which inevitably led to frequent trips to the local emergency room. In one particular situation, I was admitted to the ICU with a pnuemothorax. While I do not recall the names of the doctors or nurses who cared for me over the next several days, I have come to recognize that their anonymous efforts may very well have saved my life. Naturally, this is not something immediately recognized as a child, but there is no doubt that I was walking a thin line between life and death.
Doctors are important figures in society that help us in our daily medical problems or struggles. They are the reason why most people who are at the brink of death have hope that they will survive. They start as normal students, medical students, then they enter the real world of medicine that may prove to be harder than expected. There the interns have their problems, struggles, and choices that they need to make patiently. The issues can vary from health issues to social issues that affect the junior doctor mentally and physically. These problems are included in the book “Trust Me, I’m A Junior Doctor” by Max Pemberton. In the book, there are two main issues illustrated in the book, and they are the old-fashioned way of doctors and lack of
Grady, Denise and Meier, Barry. “A Transplant that is Raising Many Questions.” New York Times. 22 June 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/business/23liver.html
To reiterate, bioengineering will bring hope to the people who are in need of organ and body replacements in order to live a completed life. They will no longer need to wait weeks, months, or years for transplants that may or may not be given to them on time. Bioengineering will help solve medical problems of human beings using engineering concepts. Bioengineers will not only help the person’s medical complication, but it will also help their mentality, of feeling better about themselves and avoiding suicidal thoughts. I believe that bioengineering will create a new world where transplant lists will be immensely reduced, a world where there will be fewer disabilities, and a world where many lives will be saved. Bioengineering will change the world.
In the twenty-first century people are accustomed to hospitals with trained doctors, sterile environments, and sensible techniques. However, in medieval times people relied on inexperienced doctors, filthy environments, and techniques inspired by outdated physicians and astrology. Modern medicine is advanced and expanding life spans, while medieval medicine was primitive and often greatly shortened lives. Therefore, modern medicine has not been inspired by medieval medicine, but it has been inspired by those that came after the middle ages. The first great factor of medieval medicine that displays how outrageous and uninspirational it was is the lack of training their doctors possessed.
“Miraculous Recovery: Rat Regenerates Heart”, was the compelling article title in my Human Anatomy class that introduced me to tissue engineering. The notion of using stem cells to recreate an entire organ, of using the decellularized extracellular matrix of a rat to reanimate a heart, was simply astounding. I read more about this field and found out how it is thanks to tissue regeneration that man regrew a part of his finger after a toy helicopter accident, a boy received
The cost of medication that is unnecessary is a major concern for doctors. While many doctors believe that a patient needs treatment for everything, some doctors believe that prescribing too much medicine is unfair. Doctors have gone through the schooling and should know when to give medication as treatment. Many people who are given medication every time they feel sick will go to the doctors for medication as treatment. The author states that patients need to learn how to become less ignorant of their illness so they can understand when a doctor is giving medicine for an actual cause, or they will be charged an expense they don't have to have.
On Tuesday, March 3, 2015, I attended the University Symphony Orchestra. This performance was conducted by Ferenc Cseszkó and featured the 2014 University of Idaho concerto/aria competition winners. The orchestra presented four pieces, with one intermission that occurred approximately twenty minutes into the performance. The University Symphony Orchestra was the first orchestra concert I had ever attended.