If you are recently out of residency, in residency, or in med school, and you are looking to network in the Queens or Long Island area, then this is the perfect meet up group for you! Many of us in residency find it difficult to carve out enough time to venture out to Manhattan for events. In this group, members can hang out and network locally, such as for happy hours, local community outreach events, and occasional dinners. This group is not just for young physicians. We welcome all hea …

… I was a medical student at New York Medical College in Westchester when I was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder type I. After my diagnosis, I found medical school to be much more of a struggle, especially during my third year when I was suicidally depressed while having to work extremely hard on the wards, only to go home to more studying in a perpetual state of sleep deprivation. Anyone with Bipolar Disorder knows that extreme sleep deprivation and highly stressful environments can make it incred …