The following feature was written for the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation’s 2020 annual report, for which I served as editor. View the full report. The first role infectious diseases specialist Michael Saag, MD, FIDSA, played in the COVID-19 pandemic was that of a patient. He had just arrived home in Alabama after a 20-hour car rideContinue reading “Lessons learned from HIV and a diagnosis of COVID-19”
Tag Archives: Feature
After battling a decade of opioid addiction, recovery coach serves as a beacon of hope
The following feature story was written for VUMC Voice. View the original story here. Schuyler Clayton graduated high school in 2003. It was also the year he buried five friends, all of whom died as a result of substance use. “Growing up in Appalachia, there was drug use everywhere,” said Clayton, a native of JohnsonContinue reading “After battling a decade of opioid addiction, recovery coach serves as a beacon of hope”
A psychiatrist’s journey with bipolar disorder
The following feature story was written for Vanderbilt Medicine, a semiannual magazine mailed to alumni of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. View the original version here. Reid Finlayson, MD, MMHC, was nine months into his first year of psychiatric residency training when he awoke on the seventh floor of a psychiatric hospital in downtownContinue reading “A psychiatrist’s journey with bipolar disorder”
Pediatric ICU doctor taps into wisdom gained from working with dying children as he faces terminal illness
The following feature story was written for VUMC Voice, a digital publication produced by Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View the original story here. A month before his 49th birthday, Geoffrey Fleming, MD, had a biopsy of his liver to diagnose an unidentified metastatic disease that he already knew was “something bad.” The next day, he jettedContinue reading “Pediatric ICU doctor taps into wisdom gained from working with dying children as he faces terminal illness”
Kelsey Hudnall 