Hearing More than a Hearbeat

Check out this article (I'm quoted in it!) from Stanford School of Medicine about our recent Stethoscope Ceremony. The video is great too, it features Katherine and Duy, who were both on my SWEAT trip.

Update: For those too lazy to click on the link, here's my few sentences of fame:

“It’s a wonderful gift to receive as we’re starting out,” said Julia Pederson, 24, one of the new students who immediately took her stethoscope out of its box to listen to the heart of her 10-year-old sister, Abbey, sitting next to her at the dinner table.

A Harvard biology major, Pederson has spent the past two years working at the UC-San Francisco Breast Care Center helping to facilitate decision-making between breast cancer patients and their physicians. That work set her on the course to becoming a doctor.

“A lot of times I was working with patients when they were first diagnosed with cancer. It’s a time when people are so vulnerable,” Pederson said. “Making them feel like they are getting the best care they can helps with that fear and vulnerability. Being that first line of support is an awesome thing.”