Hi everyone,
Sent on the behalf of our new interns:*
Hello new friends!
We hate to break it to you, but we’re not the gods and goddesses concocted by our letter writers. Our scores, grades, and CVs are decent, but they don’t define us.
We’re hikers and bikers, travelers and homebodies. We’re musicians and dancers, bakers and amateur chefs. We’re sisters, brothers, wives, husbands, partners, moms, dads, kids, and grandkids. We drink boba and coffee, and we eat pizza and ice cream. We host game nights and potlucks, and we visit museums, theaters, beaches, and parks. We come from everywhere: from New Haven to New York to Minnesota to Mississippi. Thirty of us were born abroad, coming from 23 countries: Palestine, Kashmir, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Canada, Germany, South Korea, Ethiopia, Pakistan, the Netherlands, Lebanon, Denmark, the Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Colombia, Mexico, India, Peru, Iran, Singapore, and Brazil.
We are ready to pull on our scrubs and fleeces and serve the people of New Haven. We can’t wait to learn from you as we grow into skilled physicians.
This morning, we are pleased to introduce ourselves (see attached link). We look forward to getting to know you too.
See you in June!
Your 2026 Yale Traditional Interns.
Enjoy your Sunday, everyone. I’ll be going for a hike before returning to work on my PowerPoint for next week’s Pulmonary Grand Rounds, “Zombies or Resurrection: Exhuming the Critical Care Trial Graveyard.” If that title piqued your curiosity, come join us in Fitkin Amphitheater next Wednesday at 3 P.M.
Mark
*As I’ve imagined it…
P.S. Enjoy our annual getting to know you intern extravaganza (attached).
P.P.S. What I’m reading:
- How Social Media Became the New Tobacco, The Promise We Broke, & When Public Health Goes Quiet By Kareem Abdul Jabbar
- There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate By Cal Newport
- Five deer spotted swimming in Long Island Sound off Norwalk beach By Joseph Tucci
- This tiny CT creature freezes each winter, then thaws back to life. Why you may see them more now By Stephen Underwood
- The Dismantling of Environmental Protections — A Grave Threat to America’s Health By Gaffney, A.W. et al.
- The First AI Crisis Is Psychological By Nick Dothée
- Help! My Favorite Athlete Is an Idiot. By Devin Gordon
- I Saw Something New in San Francisco By Ezra Klein