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."