<a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/akhilesh-pathipati" rel="tag">Akhilesh Pathipati, MD

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The rewarding and grueling process of residency application

I woke up to the sound of a faint “ding” from my bedside table. It was 5:24 a.m. Shaking off my lethargy, I scrambled over to my phone because the ding meant one thing: my first residency interview invitation. Looking back on that moment, as I responded in the dim light of the morning, I […]

Medical schools should improve long-term career counseling

With the transition to residency, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about next steps in my career. I even did a self-reflection exercise for a class in which I listed out professional decisions that will come up in the next few years (including choices like fellowship selection, type of practice setting, whether to pursue […]