
A Statement Regarding My Future as a World Leader in Medicine
A formal response to certain narrow factual questions concerning lithium, K2, Yalta, and my third kidney.
And men go to marvel at the heights of mountains, the great waves of the sea, the broad falls of the rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering...
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A formal response to certain narrow factual questions concerning lithium, K2, Yalta, and my third kidney.

Some of the recent news has got me thinking about the topic of violence, specifically its reality vs. its depiction in media and the many misconceptions surrounding it. It's something I think about more often than most people are comfortable admitting, but I suppose one of the perks of being a psychiatrist is that people find it slightly less alarming coming from me than from, say, their plumber…

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C'mon, who doesn't make Nazi-related mistakes from time to time?

With a short primer on the medical-education timeline for non-physicians.

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I’ll keep this short, since I know you’re grinding out your last weeks of medical school crushing the books for intern year instead of wasting your time on some low-yield vacation 1 . But seriously, most of you are probably smarter and more diligent than I am anyway, so here’s hoping what follows isn’t totally redundant. Congratulations on completing medical school and starting your residency. The…

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Julia Soler, M.D., 1951-2024