Leila Haghighat
Cognoscenti contributor
Leila Haghighat, MD, is a chief resident in the department of Internal Medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. She has written for Nature and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Recently published
Anxiety, Fear and Uncertainty: What It's Like To Treat COVID-19 Patients
Most of medicine is a playbook, writes Dr. Leila Haghighat. But what happens with a new deadly virus, when there are no rules of play?
Caring For Undocumented Patients Is Even Harder In The Trump Era
Undocumented immigrants’ fear of seeking medical attention is not simply a moral dilemma for doctors, writes Leila Haghighat. It’s an issue of concern to all Americans.