Work has been getting me down as of late. It was a few short years ago when I was interviewing for medical school. I sat before a committee explaining why I wanted to be a doctor. I wanted to help sick people get better. In whatever creative way you say it, in essence, this is [...]
Tied
It has been way too long since I’ve written on this blog and for no over reason besides the fact that I’ve been exhausted. I’ve been a doctor going on four years now and I can’t help but feel that it isn’t quite what I expected. American society is in a debate right now as [...]
Life in the Spin Cycle
This is my first medical documentary. It was the culmination of a two year effort of filming. We made a film trying to give a brief glimpse into what it is like to be on dialysis.
Our Final Music Video
This is our third and final video we made for residency. Good times. I Gotta Feeling from Arzhang Fallahi on Vimeo.
My Father on BBC World News
A well deserved tribute to my dad and his long and prolific career. The BBC joined by dad on his latest field day in Parma Idaho. Watch the clip below.
Do No Harm
It was another sleepless night intern year. I was called to bedside of a deathly ill old woman because her oxygen level was low despite being on the maximum amount of oxygen. I pulled up her x-ray. I squinted to figure out what I was looking out, in case it wasn’t obvious enough. A massive [...]
Gateway to the Hospital
The emergency room is a strange world. It’s both the best and worst of medicine all in one crazy area. In one room someone is getting impacted ear wax cleared from their ear, in another someone is being resuscitated after a cardiac arrest. Some people find their back pain was really a dissected aorta, others [...]
More than an Election
The past month and a half have been very busy. I learned a lot, helped a lot of people. Yet, I lost focus. I lost balance. I missed the voter registration in NYC so I didn’t get to vote, in an election that I wanted more than ever to vote in. Over the past eight [...]
