Leading from a Chair

A pandemic and an earthquake hit in the same week.

Mother

Five, vibrant, and full of life.

Mentors

So many: educators, peers, researchers, patients, students, friends.

Grieving

So, my daughter will die?

Code Sesame

Code called. Up the stairs. Into the room.

Ready…Set…

The Navajo Reservation, first day on call.

2022 | Voices from the Faculty, Introduction

Dear Reader, This year, we invited faculty members to submit stories written in conversation with another. Drs. Brenner and Volden responded with their two-part poem, “Respite in the Garden,” in which Dr. Volden asks, “How vulnerable do you want to be?” Her question resonates throughout this issue. In “Ready … Set … ,” Dr. Kobernick …

Acceptable

Children give me permission.

always forward

you have three-quarters of a leg on the left

Darkness

Darkness descends

Directions

You arrived alone that autumn night, your tiny

Hats and Masks

I like my mask

First Date No. 3

“You’re a resident?”

Inadequate

“My father died, slipped in the shower.”

Injecting Daxinib

“I’m sick, Doctor!”

Mrs. S

Your thin skin