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Journeys User4October 4, 2024October 4, 2024Clinical Training Experience, My Story, Words of WisdomFamily Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, India, New York, PGY4

A Land of Opportunities

By Dr. Paramvijay Singh Dhalla

I was born and raised in Punjab, India. My father, a veterinary doctor, always dreamt that his son would be a compassionate and humane physician, one who would serve society to the best of his abilities. This dream of his stayed with me, and I made it my purpose. First, I went to medical school in India. Then, in 2021, I fortunately matched into a family medicine residency at Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. This year, I moved from Nebraska to New York to begin my fellowship in geriatric medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.

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Journeys User4April 3, 2024March 5, 2025Clinical Training Experience, My StoryIndia, Internal Medicine, New York, PGY3, Returning Author

A Second Chance at Life

By Dr. Ram Prakash Thirugnanasambandam

“Is it true that my entire immune system will be gone?” the patient asked.

“Yes, it is true,” the attending said. “But we will be there throughout the process with you and make sure we fight off every possible infection we find.”

I was on an adult bone marrow (stem cell) transplant elective at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), and yet again, I was witnessing the sort of conversation most of the MSK patients had with the team every single day.

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Journeys User4March 20, 2024March 19, 2024Cross-cultural Experience, My Story, Words of WisdomDominican Republic, Internal Medicine, New Jersey, New York, PGY6, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine

March Madness

By Dr. Emilio Jose Fabian Corona

“March Madness” is upon us, but I must clarify that it is probably not the one you are thinking about, especially if you are a sports enthusiast. I am alluding of course to the Match season, that time of the year when thousands of medical students from across the country and around the world wait patiently for that long-anticipated email in mid-March: the correspondence that will dictate if your dreams of becoming a trainee at your desired program and institution are to be fulfilled.

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Journeys User4May 24, 2023March 5, 2025Clinical Training Experience, My StoryIndia, Internal Medicine, New York, PGY2, Returning Author

A New Beginning for HIV Patients

By Dr. Ram Prakash Thirugnanasambandam

“Is it true that there is an injection for HIV now?”

This is a common question many patients have asked me at the outpatient clinic over the past six months. It felt like a dream come true for most of my patients who had been taking daily medications since their diagnosis. To me as well, it was a remarkable advancement in the treatment of this disease, which has defined much of my J-1 physician training experience thus far.

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Journeys User4December 15, 2022December 14, 2022Cross-cultural Experience, From EVSP, My StoryBridgeUSA, Ecuador, Egypt, New York, Nigeria, U.S. Department of State

BridgeUSA Volunteers Give Their All at 2022 New York City Marathon

By Amanda Bintz
Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, ECFMG

“Keep the cups stacked three levels high, and fill them a third of the way,” the volunteer coordinator told us as she handed us bright green ponchos branded with the TCS New York City Marathon logo and featuring the Statue of Liberty.

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