Author: Chiemeziem Eke

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Contributing Writer

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston

Chiemeziem is a third-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. He is interested in gastroenterology and working with its high-risk patient population. He wishes to share his evolving opinion of medical culture, stemming from past perception in contrast to present experience.




Untitled: The Persona of Medicine

Published by Chiemeziem Eke

As young children growing up, we all called each other by first name. So did our parents, relatives, teachers, and anyone else we ran into that wanted a way to identify who we were. As adults, attending physicians are still called by their first names around the same group of people from childhood. However, patients and most of the clinical staff may not even know the physician’s first name. When transitioning from a senior resident to a faculty physician, some event occurs where that beloved first name is molted. After the right of passage is completed, the rookie doctor becomes a veteran doctor; free of restrictions, supervision, and a first name.

Chiemeziem Eke Chiemeziem Eke (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston

Chiemeziem is a third-year medical student at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington. He is interested in gastroenterology and working with its high-risk patient population. He wishes to share his evolving opinion of medical culture, stemming from past perception in contrast to present experience.