All posts tagged Ben DeMarco

Who’s in the Room?

Everyone who has spent significant time in the halls of Greenville Memorial knows this voice. It echoes monotonously through the halls, an Orwellian chant demanding…

Cirque du Stéthoscope*

The practice of medicine is an art and a science. Filled with drama, hope, sadness and excitement, its vocational breadth encompasses everything from the adrenaline…

The Most Interesting Man in Microbiology: Catching up with Dr. Hodinka

Recently I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Rick Hodinka, a clinical microbiologist by training and a virologist by trade and one of…

….What Brings Us Together Today

Welcome back everyone! Alright, you can admit it.  How many of you, after reading that title, just conjured up an image of a small gray…

The life of MO. K.: Q&A with Dr. Khalil

His nametag is short and sweet, populated by only three letters; a simple “MO. K.” But Dr. Mohammed Khalil, USC SOM Greenville’s Histology guru, is…

Spring Freedom

Beautiful, sloping lawns speckled with extravagant topiaries and flowing fountains. Towering greenhouses packed with brightly colored flowers kept safe from the cool March breeze. No…

Dear Brady

Dear Brady, This letter is long overdue.  In fact, you probably don’t even remember this interaction.  I’m sure you go to talks like this all…

What’s in a name?

I would like to talk for a minute about why anatomy is special here. But it might not be in the way you’d expect.  There’s…

Breaking Ground

The lunch hour was coming to a close, so I reluctantly turned my back on the crisp sunshine and 70 degree air (just another beautiful…

Minding the Gaps

I don’t have a master’s of public health, or PhD in biochemistry.  I haven’t worked in finance or owned my own business, or even gotten…