Amongst other things, I went to my first general surgical outpatients today. I attended not quite half of the outpatients […]

Recently, a colleague told me I am old.  I like to think of myself as “comparatively old” and I’m pretty […]

I have blogged before about my guilt, questioning my life choices.  Is is right to be working away from my […]

One of my young friends (just 3 months old) was recently diagnosed with a inborn error of metabolism after neonatal […]

I picked up my car from the mechanic yesterday, and I was reminded of the classical stereotype of a surgeon […]

One of the surgeons I work for has a typical surgeon’s manner. It’s a bit uncommon, now, especially with young […]

Yesterday was Mother’s day, and for the first time, I ran in the Mother’s Day Classic in Melbourne. This was […]

I don’t work in cancer research, but basically everyone else in my lab does. PhD Comics did an excellent job […]

Twitter is a microblogging service that lets people share short updates about what they are up to. There are a […]

This article is part of a patient education series that I previously published elsewhere. Explanation is here. If you have […]