David Haosen Xiang

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Letting Go

Jan 16, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | David Haosen Xiang

Yet when holding his hand,you believe this will never happen. That the inevitable can be delayed,and the cancer will dissipate like comets. Some nights you catch him laughingat the stars, pulsing softly on the ceiling. You kneel down, teach him howto look for shooting stars. He looks at you with knowing eyes, as ifunderstanding was the easy part. In this silence serenaded by the infusion pump,you can hear your breathingThe stars above twinkle in neon green. Taking his hand you draw the big dipper.
The Importance of Medical School Friendships

Oct 9, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | David Haosen Xiang
Stargazers

Sep 8, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | David Haosen Xiang

The loneliest patients are the quietest. As if they are waiting, like the last personat a train station during a snowy night. They are afraid to speak wishes out loud,because love has taught them doing socreates distance. Too far to reach andtoo cold by the time they arrive.
Balancing Life and Medicine

Aug 31, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Rabia Karani |Raquel Martínez |Sarah Samaan |David Haosen Xiang

In medicine, it is so easy to adapt the mindset that you should put off what you want to do in life until your training is over. “It’ll be easier after pre-med, or after medical school, or after residency,” is a common way of thinking, but what I’ve found is that each phase of your training in medicine has its own unique set of challenges and responsibilities, which makes each phase equally difficult in its own way.
When a Cup of Water Makes All the Difference

Aug 31, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | David Haosen Xiang |Raquel Martínez |Sarah Samaan |Yoo Jung Kim

“I don’t want to talk with you. What good are you? Bring me a real doctor!” My patient, T, screamed at me. “I’m sorry,” I shook my head. “I’ll let my senior resident know, and we’ll be back shortly.” “Of course you will. I know shortly means another 45 minutes.” She made a face in exasperation. “I’m very sorry. I’ll do my best to come back soon.” This was my fifth night in the ED. As a second-year medical student on my surgery clerkship, we were assigned to spend two weeks in the ED.
The Patient Who Made Me Want to Make Time for Him

Aug 31, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Sarah Samaan |Raquel Martínez |David Haosen Xiang |Yoo Jung Kim

The Patient Who Made Me Want to Make Time for Him“Doctor, I feel like you just don’t have time for me anymore.” My 92-year-old patient Mr. Gray peered at me through his thick glasses, his bushy eyebrows knitted together. I felt my breath catch in my chest. Mr. Gray was right. As the constraints of medical practice had tightened over recent years, time had become a limited commodity — and something I had lost control over.
How to Embrace Novel Technologies, From the EHR to ChatGPT

Aug 31, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Raquel Martínez |Sarah Samaan |David Haosen Xiang |Yoo Jung Kim

How to Embrace Novel Technologies, From the EHR to ChatGPTIn 2013, as I was beginning my third year of medical school, the hospital system we were about to descend on was undergoing a transformation: the new EHR was being rolled out. In one of my earliest rotations that year, I remember a talented surgeon asking my cohort to help him navigate through order sets and note buttons. The “madness,” as he referred to it, inspired him to consider early retirement.
Deep Ocular Phenotyping Across Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Genetic Burden

Aug 17, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | David Haosen Xiang |Sophie Smith

Deep Ocular Phenotyping Across Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Genetic Burden Key PointsQuestion How do phenotypic features of patients vary across genetic burden for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)? Findings In a population-based cross-sectional study including 407 667 participants and 14 171 POAG cases, individuals at higher risk of glaucoma were identified using a genome-wide polygenic risk score.
U.S. Health Care Has Long COVID

Jun 12, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Danielle Pigneri |Ricardo Chujutalli |David Haosen Xiang

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. In a span of just three years, I’ve transitioned from a young and, in my opinion, hip attending to an undeniably old and salty one.