Author: Annika Burnett

Annika Burnett (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Annika attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon prior to moving to NYC to attend medical school, where she is currently an MS3. Her academic interests include the intersection of humanities & medicine, social justice, and psychiatry. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, running, reading nonfiction, and being outside.




Doctors Don’t Like Fat People

“I could never be a primary care doctor,” my friend and fellow medical student says as she pops a french fry into her mouth. There are five or six of us sitting around a hospital cafeteria table, grabbing a quick lunch between our morning and afternoon lectures. “I mean, seeing fat people with diabetes and heart disease all day. It would just be so frustrating, because they did it to themselves, you know?”

Annika Burnett (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Annika attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon prior to moving to NYC to attend medical school, where she is currently an MS3. Her academic interests include the intersection of humanities & medicine, social justice, and psychiatry. In her spare time, she enjoys baking, running, reading nonfiction, and being outside.