Dr. Brian Radvansky

As I hugged his wife, Aunt Shelly, and expressed my condolences, she only had one thing to say. “Be a good doctor, Brian. Do it for him.” From all of the tributes of the day, these are the words that…

Neurology is a huge topic on USMLE exams. There is overlap between neuro and every other body system in the grand intertwining of how we function. As such, neurology demands loads of time to study and internalize the material. One…

The first two years of medical school were wrought with references to things of which professors assumed we had innate knowledge. One that came up quite often was and receptors. For instance, when learning about pheochromocytoma, we were beat over the…

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Everything we do in medicine is (or should be) for the good of the patient. The physician crafts a diagnosis and treatment plan so that the patient can get better. The nurse administers medications to improve the patient’s symptoms. The…

Finally, residency interview season has come to a close. Your suit can get packed away in that garment bag for another 18 months, as scrubs (and the dress clothes that you don’t mind getting blood- and sputum-covered) move back to…

Interviewing candidates for residency positions is undoubtedly a difficult job for interviewers and program directors alike. Residency programs look at a relatively homogenous stack of applications, with precious little time to devote to each. To make matters more difficult, many…

Our new lives were starting that day. It was the first day of medical school orientation, and the 180 of us packed into the lecture hall with wide eyes and excitement. We had made it, the chosen few, selected by…

Pre-op bay 4. I arrive, needles and IV kit strategically hidden in my back pocket, and introduce myself as one of his anesthesia doctors for the day. He’s young, 20-something, and healthy, but clearly nervous. Diagnosis: Left-hand boxer’s fracture. As…