Music & Beverage Pairing Menu

I have carefully curated the following song and drink menu to accompany each chapter and enhance your reading experience.

The playlist is also available on Spotify, under the title ‘Love, Sanity, or Medical School.’

Please read responsibly.

Intersession I

Intro
The xx

Large dark roast, 2% milk, no sugar

Take 1 po qd for fatigue. Repeat prn. DN substitute. Refills: 365

Inpatient Internal Medicine

We Used to Wait
Arcade Fire

Sauvignon Blanc, or other crisp white wine

Outpatient Internal Medicine

Swimming In the Flood
Passion Pit

Bottomless mimosas

Thoracic Surgery

Hang Me Up to Dry
Cold War Kids

Rhinegeist Zen, Session IPA

General Surgery

Swimming In the Flood
Passion Pit

Moerlein Emancipator Doppelbock

Intersession II

Help I'm Alive
Metric

Grande Pumpkin Spice Latte

Family Medicine

Nighttiming
Coconut Records

Chili Mango Margarita, or any other drink featuring Tequila

Neurology

New Slang
The Shins

MadTree Thunder Snow Scottish Ale

December Break

Loud Pipes
Ratatat

Veuve Clicquot Demi-Sec Champagne

Inpatient Psychiatry

Silvia
Miike Snow

Bombay Sapphire martini, slightly dirty, with three olives

Psychiatry Consults

The High Road
Broken Bells

Mulled wine

Radiology

What You Know
Two Door Cinema Club

Bulleit Rye Old Fashioned

Intersession III

Something Good
alt-J

Red Eye Coffee

Outpatient Pediatrics

Kids
MGMT

Hot Chocolate with whipped cream

Inpatient Pediatrics

Float On
Modest Mouse

Rhinegeist Bubbles Rosé Ale

Emergency Medicine

Electric Feel
MGMT

Tempranillo, or other full-bodied, peppery red wine

Obstetrics

Little Secrets
Passion Pit

MadTree Happy Amber Red Ale

Gynecology

Young Blood
The Naked and Famous

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon

Epiglogue

Mezcal Paloma