By turning to local resources and know-how, surgeons can improve global access to care.

To succeed in a male-dominated field, be yourself.

An integrated clerkship provides students with new insight into their patients’ lives.

Would more melanoma screenings mean more unnecessary tests and treatments?

By Peter D. Kramer, MD Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016, $27

Lasting Tribute Thank you so much for publishing a short obituary of my partner, Professor Richard A. Ellis, in your…

Unprecedented funding expands the Division’s profile.

Building on distinction.

Writ large.

Fine focus.

In elephants’ cancer-resistant genes, an oncologist sees new hope for people.

As more and more infants are born dependent on opioids, hospitals and researchers are working together to chart the best…

Never too late.

Charles “Charlie” Malone, 88, died April 24. A professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown and the medical director…

Ruth E. Triedman, 83, died August 15 in Providence after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer. A graduate of Wellesley…

Syrian doctor who led aid efforts is now studying public health at Brown.

Louis V. Sorrentino, 93, died June 12 in Amherst, MA. He attended Princeton and, after serving in World War II,…

1. Secret of the Sexes The evolution of gender required that gene expression be balanced between males’ XY chromosomes and…

Lyman Page, 84, died July 3 in Scarborough, ME. A graduate of Yale University and the Columbia College of Physicians…

There was lots to celebrate at the first-ever emergency medicine reunion.

A PLME student swims in the Olympics. 

Med students across the US are working to get their classmates to the polls in November.