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An emergency medicine doctor and blogger

BMJ 2008; 336 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0803111 (Published 01 March 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:0803111
  1. Tiago Villanueva, GP registrar1
  1. 1USF Tornada, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Nicholas Genes is a resident physician at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York city. He organises Grand Rounds (see http://blogborygmi.blogspot.com), the weekly roundup of the best in medical blogging, by interviewing prominent medical bloggers. Tiago Villanueva caught up with him

Fact file

Name—Nicholas Genes

Position—Resident physician in emergency medicine, medical blogger, and freelance writer

Biography—His interests in medicine, writing, and research started at Brown University and continued through his combined MD/PhD degree at the University of Massachusetts. While writing freelance articles for regional newspapers, he stumbled upon the world of medical blogging and has been an active participant ever since

Do your medical colleagues know about your journalistic work?

Yes, and many of my colleagues tease me about it. “Is this conversation going to end up on your blog?” is a common refrain. But of course the conversations stay private. I make an effort …

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