Medical College Alumni News

Battling Burnout

Students battle burnout through wellness

By Beth Saulnier
Photos by Stephanie Diani

When Dr. Sandeep “Sunny” Kishore, PhD ’12, MD ’14, gave the commencement speech for the Class of 2014, he stood onstage in Carnegie Hall and confessed something: as a third-year medical student, he’d initially failed his surgical “shelf” exam, one of the rigorous tests given after each core rotation. Having resumed his MD studies after a lauded five years as a doctoral...

Lost and Found

Two women in a field

In the midst of my second year of medical school, I was lost. The never-ending days of lectures, studying and memorizing felt devoid of the deep connection between doctor and patient that had called me to medicine and that I was anxious to cultivate as a student. But more terrifying than my disillusionment was the feeling of absolute isolation as everyone but me appeared passionate about medical school. It wasn’t the first time I’d felt this way. A couple of decades earlier, as a newly...

Dr. Thomas Lee Wins Weill Cornell Medical College Alumni Award

Three people standing togther, one of whom is holding a plaque

Dr. Thomas Lee, MD ’79, chief medical officer of Press Ganey Associates Inc. and a...

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