GMI Student Blogs

Due to Dr. Bogantes's vacation absence this week, I shadowed surgeons in the operating room (OR) instead. Suited up in the green OR scrubs, it felt surreal to be watching an open heart surgery 🫀. In this particular case, the patient had hypoplastic right heart...

Hi everyone! I cannot believe it has been a month since I arrived in Costa Rica. This journey has been nothing short of transformative. I’ve learned so much and explored countless amazing places. However, I did fall ill this past week, which put a temporary pause on...

Hi. Sadly, I’m sick this week in more than one way - homesick and have a cold or maybe COVID? I’m not sure what I have but it’s not good. I’m praying that I don’t get anyone else sick!!! #staystrong This week we have been rounding on patients from different units such...

I was supposed to go to Limon last week for work but the plans were changed so I was in San Jose again and spent most of my time at Hospital Calderon Guardia. On Monday I got put on some reusable scrubs to work on an anesthesia machine. It was so fun to get dressed up...

Pelota⚽️ Earlier this week, I learned about the entire manufacturing production line during my visit to the cleanroom and visited the post-marketing surveillance lab to inspect a CAPA case. It was so interesting to see how our R&D department work side-by-side with...

This last week, I’ve been on hospital rounds with Dr. Bogantes. We followed up with the same patients almost everyday for the whole week. One patient I remember was a cute 12 year old girl who had complete occlusion of her carotid arteries. This lead to her suffering...