Blogger profile: Marianne DiNapoli

If Marianne DiNapoli hadn't chosen medicine, she'd have a promising career writing book titles.

DiNapoli's blog gives an eyewitness account of life as a med student.

She doesn't dispense medical advice and she always respects her patients' privacy, but she does share opinions on medicine and medical schooling.

[...] as DiNapoli begins her third year of med school today, we can expect more stories written by a smart, thoughtful young woman who cares deeply about her patients.

Want to know how a doctor in training thinks?

In college, I went back and forth between a research scientist and a doctor.

Before medical school, what sorts of jobs did you have? I worked as a teaching assistant at Holy Cross for three years.

Thinking back to high school biology and the dissection class.

If not a doctor or research scientist, what other careers did you look at?

After I graduated from Holy Cross in 2007, I spent two years with Teach for America in Houston.

When I was nine, I was in the delivery room and watched the birth of my brother.

Again, when I was teaching high school in Houston, so many students were having babies.

With all the work involved in medical school, how do you find time to blog and tweet? I don't sleep much.

Do you see sexism in the medical field? I've seen more of it lately in the male-dominated specialities.

Who do you think reads your blog? I think a lot of med students and doctors and science nerds in general.

What's the biggest misconception of medical school? I think patients would be surprised to know how much care is done by residents and med students at teaching hospitals.

Favorite movie? "Black Swan."