She told me she wanted to climb fifteen stories, the date her mom died, on a clear Saturday night, while her friends partied, and lean back until she fell so she could see the stars streaming down like she was, and feel close to them at the end.
Med Clearance, Literature by Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD
Benjamin Drum, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine
Ben is a hospitalist with clinical interests in medical humanities, medical resident selection, and ultrasound. He has had medical humanities pieces published in the Journal of Graduate Medical Education, Families, Systems, and Health, Ars Medica, The Intima, and others.
Voices from the Housestaff:
2023 Faculty Support
2022 Chief Editor
2022 Prose, "Med Clearance"
2022 Poem, "Lying"
Voices from the Faculty:
2025, "Tabula Rasa"
2024, "Alcoholic Hepatitis"
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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