Rachel Sobel

Rachel Sobel.

Rachel K. Sobel, a second-year resident at the Wills Eye Institute at Thomas Jefferson University, will be writing about her experiences every other week. She graduated from Harvard and the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine and wrote a medical column for U.S. News & World Report while in medical school.

Scrubbing In:

By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

Posted 11/09/2009

Rachel K. Sobel, a third-year resident of the Wills Eye Residency Program at Thomas Jefferson University, writes about her experiences every other week.

Scrubbing In: Importance of spelling out last wishes

By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

Posted 11/09/2009

My 87-year-old patient fell at her nursing home in West Chester and was quite black and blue when she arrived at the Wills Eye Emergency Room. Her eye had borne the brunt of it. Stitches around an old corneal transplant had ripped open as well as those from an old cataract wound. If that didn't get repaired in 24 hours, she risked getting a serious infection.

Scrubbing In: Taller people get perks with the pain - 10/26/2009: By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

Our attending physician made a special effort to gather the residents for an "interesting case" in the pediatrics clinic. A boy who seemed about 10 years old had "ectopia lentis," or dislocated lenses. It's a condition associated with Marfan syndrome, affecting kids born with genetic defects involving a protein called fibrillin.
Scrubbing In: It's swine flu we should fear, not the vaccine that saves us - 10/12/2009: By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

The swine-flu bug is in the air. A flu type last seen memorably in 1976, it's an alarmingly catchy strand. I was born in 1977, so I don't have any natural resistance to it. My kids are 6 weeks old and almost 4. And once my maternity leave is over in two weeks, I'll be working every day in a hospital or medical office, where the chances of exposure are high. So it won't surprise you to know that I'm eager to get vaccinated.
Scrubbing In: Restored to sight as a final gift - 09/28/2009: By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

My patient had seen only light and shadows for seven months. She came to me one day this past summer for an evaluation. She navigated the clinic with one arm locked onto her daughter's and the other arm outstretched so she wouldn't run into anything.
Scrubbing In: The scary side effects of pills to hasten sleep - 08/31/2009: By Rachel K. Sobel, For The Inquirer

My patient was having a relaxed Shore weekend. She drank a few margaritas spaced out over a few hours, ate dinner, and then got into bed.

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