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Holding Up a Mirror to a Life in Medicine
Alum Suzanne Koven, Mass General s inaugural writer-in-residence, reflects on imposter syndrome, family, and identity in new essay collection By Julia M. Klein / Published May 20, 2021
As a medical student and resident, Suzanne Koven, Med 86 (MD), 89 (PGF), HS 89, appreciated Johns Hopkins distinguished history, dating to the pioneering 19th-century physician William Osler. On the one hand, it instilled in me a very deep sense of pride and belonging to this rich heritage, she says in a Zoom interview conducted against a backdrop of diplomas and awards plaques for both writing and medicine. But, on the other hand, I didn t stop to consider that the heritage was almost entirely male.
Author s Note: This essay was originally presented as a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution. Many thanks to Atom Atkinson and the organizers of the Chautauqua Literary Arts Program.
In the weeks in the run-up to Easter, my nana, Pastora Mendoza, teases for breakfast the raw egg from the pinhole she’s carefully punctured in order to keep the eggshell whole and unbroken. After she has washed and dried it, she’ll save the shell safely back in its carton. With four or five dozen collected, she’ll color the shells dipping them in dyes, ladling and cradling the empty eggs with a tablespoon. After she paints them, bright pastels for the season, she fills them with paper-punched confetti and seals the eggs again with colored tape and crepe paper.
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