2009-03-07
Interview with ADVANCE
Vol. 15 • Issue 7 • Page 64
In Person
Writer in Resonance
A biomedical engineer switches fields to generate an award-winning short story that melds MRI and sci-fi.By Jeff Bell
In the realm of science, William T. Katz, MD, PhD, is a respected biomedical engineer who's developed techniques for medical image visualization and processing, and co-created a pioneering brachytherapy treatment planning system.
But in the cultish community ...
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2008-02-14
Bogus required insurance
Now that I've left Stanford and ventured into self-funded entrepreneurial waters, I have the joy of paying the full cost for medical insurance. And thanks to a breakdown of what I'm paying for, I discovered it's not just "medical" insurance on the bill. There's a mental health component that usually isn't broken out. My medical insurance bundles this component into the overall plan ...
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2007-06-29
iPhone Mania hits Palo Alto
Steve Jobs said people should queue up at an AT&T store for an iPhone, and he was mostly right. Well past midnight on Thursday, Jenn and I did a tour of the three stores around Palo Alto that will sell the iPhone: the Apple retail stores in Palo Alto and the Stanford Shopping Center, and the AT&T store at Page Mill Rd & El Camino Real. Guess ...
2006-09-23
T-minus 4 weeks to getting cast off?
I broke my wrist playing football a few weeks ago. There was little pain and initial swelling, so I compounded my stupidity by staying in the game until it ended (30 more minutes of potential misalignment) and going to Stanford Barcamp for the rest of the day. Later that night, an acute care doc diagnosed the injury, and by weird chance, he had planned to go to Stanford ...
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2006-04-08
Update on life
I've been at Stanford for a few weeks now. Some happenings and initial impressions:
- After accumulating a decade worth of junk, cross-country moves are... taxing. I will never move again. That's it. They'll have to drag me from our new place. We're still not unpacked and fully situated although I can breathe a little easier now.
- I'm enjoying my new position. On my ...
