Thomas Tsai's Blog http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/ Copyright 2009 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:13:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.14 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Research I've just uploaded some of my published papers and presentations to my website.

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]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/07/juvenile_hall.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/07/juvenile_hall.html Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:05 -0800 Baptism by Fire I started my first day of my third year of medical today, and it also marked the beginning of my clinical clerkships.

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]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/04/psychiatry.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/04/psychiatry.html Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:04:52 -0800 Any given Sunday The weather is gorgeous outside, but I find myself sitting at my bench in lab.

]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/03/any_given_sunda.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/03/any_given_sunda.html Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:09:11 -0800 Thursdays at the Valley Every Thursday, Margie, Jayson, and I trek down to the Santa Clara Valley Hospital, known affectionately as "The Valley."

]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/03/thursdays_at_th.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/03/thursdays_at_th.html Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:32:17 -0800 The Dish Running the dish is one of the rites of passages at Stanford, second only to full moon on the quad. Or so they say at least.

]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/02/the_dish.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/02/the_dish.html Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:57:08 -0800 A funny thing happened on the way to my exam As I was walking on the path between the Pediatric Surgery Research Lab and the CCSR, I noticed this crazy chattering.

]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/02/a_funny_thing_h.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/02/a_funny_thing_h.html Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:34:57 -0800 So I actually do manage to do a bit of studying at med school. I'm taking a little break from studying for the neurology block exam on Monday. I'm learning delightful little factoids such as remifentanil has a short duration of action since it is rapidly metabolized by blood and tissue esterases and that trazodone has the not so delightful side effect of causing priapism.

Back to the books!

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]]> http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/01/home_alonelost_1.html http://med.stanford.edu/blogs/students/thomas_tsai/archives/2007/01/home_alonelost_1.html Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:24:33 -0800 About Me There's a story my parents like to tell about me .

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