Editor, Medicine at Michigan
Katie Whitney is editor of Medicine at Michigan. Before joining Michigan Medicine in 2019, she worked at the Ann Arbor Observer. She’s committed to local journalism, good storytelling, and diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Photo essay of the October 2023 football game between U-M and Indiana. Photos feature alums of the U-M Medical School, who attended the alumni reunion that weekend.
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A broad overview of Michigan Medicine’s approach to artificial intelligence, including its safe, ethical, and transparent use
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The course of Alice Zheng’s life changed when she audited a class at the U-M Ross School of Business during her first year of medical school. Before taking the class, Zheng was skeptical of business. Now she’s a venture capitalist supporting women’s health.
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When Henry Bell Jr. was a young boy, his sister was mowing the lawn and ran over the rock, which hit him in the eye. He spent two weeks in the hospital and discovered his dream: to become an ophthalmologist.
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An interventional radiologist talks about non-invasive procedures and his close relationship with patients
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Standardized patients (aka medical actors) help medical students practice patient care.
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Anatomical donors play an essential role in teaching medical students anatomy, pathology, and compassion
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Dr. Irving Fox's new memoir, "The Flashing Light," explores a medical mystery he experienced as a young man.
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Hannah Abraham, M.D., received her 2023 medical school diploma from Robert Bartlett, M.D., the physician credited with creating ECMO, a lung bypass system that saved Abraham's life when she was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck.
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One doctor talks about the importance of gender-affirming care.
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Researchers and clinicians are using psychedelic drugs to address chronic pain and depression.
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Michael "Skip" Gattyan had such a good experience as a patient at Michigan Medicine that he decided to bequeath his body to the Medical School. Now his body is helping to teach future physicians.
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A surgical oncologist has created a nonprofit, Move Beyond Surviving, to encourage breast cancer survivors to get out in nature and have outdoor adventures.
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Innovative researchers at Michigan Medicine are imagining a brighter future--one where we catch cancer before it metastasizes, where we diagnose bipolar disorder with a simple blood test, and several other possibilities for making our health, and our lives, better.
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An admissions expert discusses how to get into medical school and what makes the process different at the University of Michigan.