Hanna Saltzman

Sep 30, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Mustafa Farooq |Hanna Saltzman |Audrey Shafer |Erin Paterson

Failure is a word that carries a heavy burden, particularly in the field of neurosurgery, where precision is paramount and the stakes are often life and death. As a 4th-year medical student preparing to enter this demanding specialty, I have come to realize that failure is not something to be feared, but rather an essential part of the learning process. During my rotations, I have witnessed and experienced firsthand how setbacks can serve as powerful catalysts for growth and development.

Feb 8, 2024 | sltrib.com | Hanna Saltzman

As every parent knows, there's almost nothing more irritating than when you finally get your kid down for a nap, plop yourself down on the couch to relax and hear that dreaded sound: "Waaaaaaaa!"What's even more irritating? Realizing that a loud noise outside is the culprit. The leaf blower.

Dec 21, 2023 | kevinmd.com | John Corsino |Elisabeth Rosenthal |Hanna Saltzman |Nathaniel Fleming

The eyes can’t see what the mind doesn’t yet know – an axiom to remind us not just of the value of lifelong learning, but that the answers are often in the exam room with us. Though bright and committed clinical people we may be, we’re dragged by the tendrils of a lumbering behemoth. American health care is designed to produce revenue and built to punish highly visible mistakes over more common (but less easily discerned) errors of reasoning.

Feb 10, 2023 | terrain.org | Hanna Saltzman

What does it mean to have chosen to have a child in this time of climate crisis?   I become pregnant as wildfires devour the West. In rainy Oregon, fires burn hot enough to generate their own weather. Vortexes of heat, wind, and smoke roil in “firenados.” In California, sequoias older than Christianity blaze and fall to the ground.

Jan 26, 2023 | sltrib.com | Hanna Saltzman

Earlier this month, on a day off from working as a doctor at the children's hospital, I took my baby to a rally at the Utah Capitol. The crowd thrummed with energy. The Great Salt Lake shimmered on the horizon. My baby reached towards brightly painted signs: "Save Our Lake." "Save It, Don't Spray It." "Defend Our Future."We went because saving the lake is crucial for the health of my son, my pediatric patients and all the children in the Wasatch Front. And because this is an emergency.