My firsthand encounter has not only given me an insight into the patient experience but has also highlighted some of the many ...

Originally published in Synapse on September 24, 1987. On Sept. 12, the University of California Student Association voted ...

Originally published in Synapse on September 22, 1988. Our colleges and universities have come under highly critical ...

The organized bustle, which I had devoutly memorialized the day prior, gave way to a collection of whispers. I listened to ...

[ First place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest for Fiction.] It’s Christmastime, and over the hills, in the faraway... At the age of thirteen, my genetic disorder caused my growth to ...

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Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1989.

The following has been endorsed by the student boards of the following organizations at UCSF: Jewish Voice for Peace, Students for Justice in Palestine, Pride in Medicine, Human Rights Collaborative, ...