Author: Samuel Jacobowitz

Samuel Jacobowitz Samuel Jacobowitz (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

Northeast Ohio Medical University


Sam is a first-year medical student in the Class of 2016, third-year Ohioan, eighth-year distance runner, and 21st-year brother. He enjoys a little reading, a bit of writing, and plenty of social media and ted.com. But most of all, he likes to spend his free time being goofy with close friends and family.




Gray Matter

While watching one of my favorite television medical shows recently, I came across a line — uttered fast and so obviously not meant to draw attention — yet it had the opposite effect. I heard one of the attendings tell a resident or student, “Continue if you’d like.” I think my fixation is a bit more understandable if I set the scene: There was a trauma in the ER. A patient was carted in on a …

Samuel Jacobowitz Samuel Jacobowitz (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer Emeritus

Northeast Ohio Medical University


Sam is a first-year medical student in the Class of 2016, third-year Ohioan, eighth-year distance runner, and 21st-year brother. He enjoys a little reading, a bit of writing, and plenty of social media and ted.com. But most of all, he likes to spend his free time being goofy with close friends and family.