I’m trapped in the room—twenty-minute visit turning to sixty. He has singlehandedly cared for himself better than nurses, diagnosed himself better than doctors. He is, he tells me, an expert in PICC lines. He calls his neurosurgeon simply, “Paul.” “Open your mouth, please.” He blushes, gums full of cavities, then leaves, quietly and compliantly.
Year Created: 2020
Running His Mouth, Literature by Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD
Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Ben is a hospitalist with clinical interests in medical humanities, medical resident selection, and ultrasound.
Voices from the Housestaff:
2023 Faculty Support
2022 Chief Editor
2022 Prose, "Med Clearance"
2022 Poem, "Lying"
Voices from the Faculty:
2022 Prose, "Initial Management of Acute Onset Chronic Imposter Syndrome"
Voices from the Residents:
2021 Editor in Chief
2020 Co-editor
2021 Prose, "Fever"
2021 Poem, "Wizard"
2021 Poem, "The benefit of the doubt"
2020 Prose, "Running His Mouth"
2020 Poem, "Med-amorphosis"
2020 Poem, "Gallbladder Pain"
2019 Poem, "Hospital Tourism"
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