Dr John Ryan spends his birthday and his first day of cardiology fellowship getting lost and applying pressure to strangers’ groins — but it may well have been his best birthday ever My birthday is on July 1. I actually like having my birthday on this day, as ever since I graduated from medical school, [...]
Dr John Ryan writes that as the world was watching blanket media coverage of Michael Jackson’s death, he was consumed by thoughts of his new life in Chicago. Everything changed the day Michael Jackson died, because it was the day that I moved to Chicago. On the day prior, Boston University had organised a lunch [...]
Dr John Ryan is reminded why he decided to train in the US by the arrival of a former colleague for a visit. But, he says Irish medical training also has much to recommend it. I meant to apologise but I was so overawed by Mount Rushmore that I forgot. I am sorry for not [...]
Dr John Ryan visits one of the United States’ most famous landmarks and finds he is becoming more American than Americans themselves. My fiancée Jeanna and I drove from Salt Lake City to Chicago this week. I was telling my sister about our upcoming trip and she said to me, “That is going to be [...]
Dr John Ryan writes that the interview process is very different when you are on the other side of the desk, and that informal conversations can make a difference. When I was first asked by a work colleague if I was interested in ‘March Madness’, I assumed it was some variant of mercury poisoning. I [...]
Dr John Ryan writes that HSE cutbacks may result in a flood of junior doctors leaving Ireland, which would set medicine in Ireland back at least 10 years. Over the past couple of weeks, I have been getting more and more emails from my colleagues working in Ireland. The changes in the HSE contracts have [...]
Dr John Ryan learns how to put the credit crunch in perspective, when he sees what everyday life is like for people living in the deprived areas of Lima. For my flight to Lima, I flew out of Newark airport. Newark is situated about 20 minutes from Manhattan on the New Jersey shoreline. The airport [...]
Dr John Ryan writes that hearing patient details from your team can sometimes result in crossed wires, but it can also mean that you hear the highlights, without all the groundwork. I have just finished another month as the attending on the general medical floors. It was a lot easier than my initial experience and [...]
The night before I flew home for Christmas, I was packing my bags and had the television on in the background. This is… Spinal Tap was on. There is a scene in the movie when the band’s show gets cancelled in Boston. Although the band is disappointed, their manager reassures them by telling them not [...]
Dr John Ryan writes about the renewed American interest in Irish affairs since it was reported earlier this year that Ireland has entered a recession. It started a few months ago, when The New York Times reported that Ireland had entered into a recession. Since then, there has been a wave of interest and concern [...]
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