From the Wards

Stephanie Cockrill Stephanie Cockrill (3 Posts)

Medical Student Editor and Contributing Writer Emeritus

University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine


Stephanie Cockrill is a fourth year medical student at University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. She enjoys horseback riding, crafting, and quilting in those fleeting instances of free time available during school. She and her husband are parents to two dogs: Arya, a 5-year-old Collie, and Sybil, a 2-year-old Labrador/sharknado mix.




Magic

“Dan the magic man,” Q replied. Q rummaged through his jacket pocket and pulled out a quarter. A childish smile brought the color back to his face as he attempted to make the coin disappear into thin air and then pull it out from behind my ear.

Do What You Can

On inpatient pediatrics, I helped care for a young boy admitted following urological complications after surgery. I first heard about him during morning sign-out: he was in severe pain, and his Foley catheter kept getting clogged and needed to be flushed repeatedly.

Timothy Bober Timothy Bober (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University


Tim Bober is a third year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. He grew up in a small town outside Pittsburgh, PA and graduated from Penn State in 2012 with degrees in English and Biology.