Author: Upinder Singh, MD

Effective collaboration starts with a question. How can I help? Under ideal circumstances, everyone on a project brings their best selves to answer that question….

I was thinking about the phrase “the best-kept secret” and how people mean it to be a compliment. You might hear it in reference to…

Happy birthday to the United States of America! One of my favorite pieces of art in the department is a global map that highlights the…

Thank you to everyone who attended last week’s Quarterly Department Update. I think these hours are a useful way to discuss current events in the…

How is it June already? We are almost halfway through the calendar year and approaching the end of another academic and fiscal year. It is…

When the public discusses the challenges facing health care systems and even academic medical centers, most people leap to topics in clinical care. Access, wait…

I am often reminded of the 155 years that have brought this department and UI Health Care to our present moment. Two losses in this…

A couple weeks ago my son needed a surgical procedure, which was performed here at UI Health Care. I asked him if it would be…

Thank you to everyone who attended Grand Rounds yesterday. We heard three incredible presentations from last year’s Internal Medicine Research Day poster session winners. This…

There is a second holiday in February where I get to express deep affection and admiration? Sign me up. Today is “Thank a Resident and…