The list below is an incomplete archive of both professional and personal publications. Please note that you will need a free account with Medscape to view the Match Game and I’m an Intern Now posts.
I’m an Intern Now
Welcome to Intern Year! (8.28.12)
My First Day As An Intern (9.5.12)
Less Glamorous Intern Duties (9.12.12)
Drug Abuse in Pregnancy (9.19.12)
Domestic Abuse in the ER (9.26.12)
My First Solo Night Shift on Medicine (10.4.12)
Pronouncing My First Dead Patient (10.10.12)
Losing My Religion (10.17.12)
Amusing Anecdotes (10.26.12)
I Hate Getting Pimped (11.8.12)
The Worst Interview I’ve Ever Had (11.19.12)
The D.O. Difference (12.1.12)
Medscape’s Match Game Blog
The list below comprises some of my favorite posts from Match Game. A complete archive can be found here.
When I Grow Up (1.19.11)
An introduction to the Match Game blog
Surviving the Match with Your Relationship Intact (2.1.11)
A personal story about surviving the match with a significant other
Doing Well on Rotations, Step 1: Stay Conscious (2.15.11)
A humorous anecdote about my first day of third year
How I Chose Pediatrics (6.14.11)
A story about a young patient who had a significant effect on me
Continuity of Care in the Emergency Room (12.19.11)
Another young patient to whom I became quite attached
Patient Perspective (3.3.12)
My Personal Experience with a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
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Game Reviews
PlayStation Portable
echochrome | 7.5/10
echochrome is an innovative, challenging puzzler that plays with your perceptions and forces you to solve puzzles in unique, interesting ways.
Rainbow Islands Evolution | 4.5/10
Rainbow Islands Evolution is the perfect example of how not to remake a popular franchise.
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce | 6.5/10.0
This entertaining hack-and-slash game is best played with a few friends.
Nintendo DS
Mega Man Star Force 2: Zerker x Ninja & Zerker x Saurian | 5.5/10
Bad graphics and repetitive gameplay make Mega Man’s latest adventure a dull one.
Mega Man Star Force 3: Red Joker & Black Ace | 5.5/10
Mega Man Star Force 3 is another disappointed installment in a tired franchise in need of a reboot.
Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the RAF | 5.0/10
Spitfire Heroes does little to distinguish itself among a myriad of middling flight combat games on the DS.
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled | 6.5/10
While Black Sigil comes with all the trappings of a traditional RPG, it’s too frustrating and unoriginal to stand out.
Puzzle Kingdoms | 7.0/10
Puzzle Kingdoms is a worthy addition to the growing list of puzzle/role-playing hybrid games.
Tetris Party Deluxe | 7.0/10
Tetris Party Deluxe keeps a decades-old formula fresh with new mechanics and strong competitive multiplayer.
Wii
Death Jr.: Root of Evil | 6.5/10
Improvements over the PSP game make the Wii version of Root of Evil a competent, stylish platformer.
WWII Aces | 3.5/10
WWII Aces is a frustrating, ugly flight combat game with antiquated design elements and unresponsive motion controls.
Puzzle Kingdoms | 7.0/10
Puzzle Kingdoms is a worthy addition to the growing list of puzzle/role-playing hybrid games.
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! | 6.5/10
This movie trivia game offers consistent multiplayer fun despite its limited feature set.
Tetris Party Deluxe | 7.0/10
Tetris Party Deluxe keeps a decades-old formula fresh with new mechanics and strong competitive multiplayer.
Samurai Warriors 3 | 4.5/10
Samurai Warriors 3 is yet another unimaginative entry in a series that became outdated years ago.
PlayStation 3
echochrome | 8.0/10
echochrome is an innovative, challenging puzzler that plays with your perceptions and forces you to solve puzzles in unique, interesting ways.
Fatal Inertia EX | 6.5/10
Improvements over the original release of this sci-fi racer don’t make up for its floaty controls and poor item balance.
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce | 6.5/10
The best of the Dynasty Warriors franchise struggles to compete with modern hack-and-slash games.
Xbox 360
Rocket Riot | 8.0/10
This funny, fast-paced multiplayer shooter will have you repeatedly begging your friends for just one more rematch.
Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure | 6.0/10
Towering Adventure comes close to reinvigorating the Rainbow Islands formula, but this platformer is still tough to recommend.
Scene It? Bright Lights! Big Screen! | 6.0/10
This movie trivia game offers consistent multiplayer fun despite its limited feature set.
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce | 6.5/10
The best of the Dynasty Warriors franchise struggles to compete with modern hack-and-slash games.
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Research
Fishman, Brian M., DO, MS. “Viral Pneumonia.” The 5-minute Clinical Consult 2014. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2013. Print.
Fishman, Brian. Building a Species: Evolutionary Developmental Biology as the Basis for Novel Morphology, 2008
Dimitropoulos, A. & Schultz, R. Autistic-like Symptomatology in Prader-Willi Syndrome: A Review of Recent Findings. Current Psychiatry Reports, 2007, 9: 159-164. (Note that I did not contribute to the writing of this article. Rather, it is an introduction to the neuroimaging research I performed under Dr. Dimitropolous during my graduate work at Case Western Reserve University.)
