...a fellow of infinite jest...

I moved to Chicago for medicine residency. I'm easy going, hardworking, and at least I like to think, a pretty nice guy. I love reading fiction especially (though I haven't had too much time for this lately) and the newspaper. I like meeting and spending time with interesting people who are passionate about something in life.

There is not much I like more than making people laugh.

Doctoring - I'm a resident in internal medicine in Chicago

making people comfortable, good at listening, cheering people up

I smile a lot (an old boss once told me I should smile less and work more)

Everything Is Illuminated, The Kite Runner,
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay,
Empire Falls, Irrational Exuberance, The Washington Manual of Medical Therapeutics, The Giver, The Big Short

The Fray, Counting Crows, jazz

How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock, The Mindy Project

The 75 pound dumbells at the gym (just kidding)
Potato products (basically I eat french fries or potato chips with most meals)
Chex Mix (probably consumed more of this than any other person in the world, this is not an exaggeration)
A musical instrument
A medical textbook
My watch (I feel naked without it)

What message on a homeless person's sign would get them the most money

what motivates people to do what they do
ways to be a little better tomorrow

how much social science research could be done on dating websites

how much money is wasted in the health care system every day
the randomness of things

working, out to dinner, at a bar, reading

I've been keeping a list of my favorite quotes from books, newspaper articles, and movies for the last seven years, and it's now 28 pages long.

I like to read the New York Times Weddings and Announcements section