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The Pharos

Winter 2026

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Editorial

  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and The Pharos: Continuing to burn bright and enlighten
    Richard L. Byyny, MD, FACP
  • A beacon for challenging times
    Paul Haidet, MD, MPH

Articles

  • The ever-important legacy of Jonas Salk —and finding myself in his polio vaccine trial
    Howard K. Rabinowitz, MD
  • Human touch in the age of AI: Preserving the soul
    Sahithi Sharma, MD
  • Sophie’s gift— a reflection in four movements
    Stephen I-Hong Hsu, MD, PhD
  • Ballad of a veteran
    Keith Radler, MD
  • The psychiatric toll of warfare
    Lara Hazelton, MD, MEd, FRCPC
  • It was a brave man who first ate an oyster
    Philip A. Mackowiak, MD, MBA
  • For whom the ball rolls
    Jonathan Bock

Poetry

  • Bargaining
    Jacob M. Appel, MD
  • the Soullessness of a Catastrophe
    Samantha Fernandes, MD
  • A well run dry
    Ami L. DeWaters, MD, MSc
  • A physician’s lament: To bear with, to be with, and to bring meaning and hope
    David A. Lee, MD, MS, MBA

Features

  • Book reviews: Doctor, Will You Pray for Me?; Rethinking Medications
  • Medicine on the big and small screen: Critical Condition: Health in Black America
  • National and Chapter news: 2024 AΩA Fellows in Leadership ready to lead
  • In memoriam
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