Special Specialties
Rich in the dark
Radiology
When Dr. Glaucomflecken isn't on social media, he's working on one of these.
Eye
"Doc, this is heavy!" Famous for his roles in movie and TV throughout the 80s, this star's career was cut short after a diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.
Michael J. Fox
Non invasive ventilation... for cervical cancer screening.
BiPAP smear
Knee capped with a tasty and essential pizza topping
Patella Mozarella
Will shame you for going outside
Dermatology
I wouldn't be surprised to see an EM resident commuting to work in one of these. #activeliving
Kayak
This 35th president of the United States lived with Addison's Disease until his tragic death in 1963.
John F. Kennedy
Tearing this causes a positive Lachman's Test ... and divides the upper and lower GI tract.
Anterior cruciate ligament of Treitz
Zoboomafoo's leg bone
Femur Lemur
If Patch Adams and Mister Rogers had a baby
Pediatrics
Rappers love to rap about it, and doctors sometimes prescribe it.
Xanax
Tetrology of Fallot didn't stop this Olympian from shredding the gnar and setting both Olympic and XGames gold medal records.
Shaun White
High blood pressure that causes end-organ damage ... and a need to prevent pregnancy ASAP
hypertensive emergency contraception
A muscle of the neck that killed the Dinosaurs
Sternocleidomastoid asteroid
Esoteric armchair intellectuals who solve the puzzle
Neurology
Catch an orthopod doing one of these in the hospital gym.
Pullup
Some hypothesize that this artist suffered from digoxin toxicity, changing his colour pallet to yellow. Luckily, he had already completed 1889's The Starry Night.
Vincent Van Gogh
Disease in which hyponatremia is unresponsive to fluids ... your lack of focus requires a stimulant.
SIADHD
A thin, long, superficial leg muscle in a South African Paralympian convicted of murder
Sartorius Pistorius
Literally no one knows what they do
PM&R
What you do when you need help or advice about a patient.
Refer
“It’s like a painting, see? From far away, it’s OK, but up close, it’s a big ol’ mess.” says Cher in Clueless, referencing this 19th century French painter, who had cataracts.
Claude Monet
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis compete ... to measure invasive hemodynamics?
Black Swan-Ganz
A bone of the skull in this flowering plant
Cranium Geranium