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1. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Structural Elements

   Structural Elements Winter 2014Orthopedists tap improved imaging, bioregeneration, and less-invasive surgeries to help athletes mendPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature A young woman lies anesthetized on the operating table. Sterile blue drapes expose …
2. Play Issue Winter 2014

   Home Team

   Home Team Winter 2014Boston's teams draft local talent with carePlay Issueby Valerie WencisProfile R. Bruce Donoff Position: Attending Oral Surgeon Team: Boston Bruins Ruminating over an old photograph hung on a wall in his office, R. Bruce Donoff ’73, …
3. Play Issue Winter 2014

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch

   5 Questions with an Expert on the Sense of Touch Winter 2014A conversation with David GintyPlay Issueby Stephanie DutchenInterview Why study the sensory neurons of touch? Touch is a fundamental sense, yet there’s so much we don’t know about it. We know …
4. Play Issue Winter 2014

   From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon

   From Gridiron to Orthopedic Surgeon Winter 2014A profile of Mark Adickes, Class of 2000Play Issueby Katie DuboffProfile Claims to Fame Assistant professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Texas Medical School; professional football player, …
5. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   The Stethoscope Replies

   The Stethoscope Replies Summer 2014A poemBody Language Issueby Rafael CampoPerspective Truls Espedal, The Circle , Oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm I’ve heard this one so many times before: the story of some awful heartbreak, or the murmuring of love found at …
6. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Thanks

   Thanks Summer 2014Death, expected, then unexpected, carries lessonsBody Language Issueby Michael LacombePerspective What can we learn from the dying beyond a sudden sense of our own mortality? Is there anything to be gained beyond the poignancy of the …
7. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Magnify and Simplify

   Magnify and Simplify Summer 2014How words, brillantly chosen, illuminateBody Language Issueby Elissa ElyPerspective “I sit in the library,” a patient once said of his long days, “and try to force a daydream.” About his own illness, he said, “it’s like a …
8. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Katie

   Katie Summer 2014A patient, met during a psychiatry residency, writes her doctorBody Language IssuePerspective Some 45 years ago, when I began my residency in internal medicine, we had a mandatory six-week rotation on inpatient psychiatry. I attended …
9. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

   Internal Dialogues

   Internal Dialogues Summer 2014If we take the time to listen, our bodies' cells have quite a bit to sayBody Language Issueby Stephanie DutchenFeature The chef shouts for more of the day’s specials. Immediately, certain line cooks start chopping onions …
10. Body Language Issue Summer 2014

    On Speaking Terms

    On Speaking Terms Summer 2014In the clinic, making oneself understood is one thing. Knowing what the patient is saying—really saying—is anotherBody Language Issueby David CameronFeature Douglas Kelling ’72 was born and raised in rural Missouri, which he …