Kamal “Kim” Medlej is an attending physician in the Emergency Department and the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center Intensive Care Unit of the Massachusetts General Hospital. He was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon then moved to Montreal to attend McGill University where he received his medical degree. He completed a residency in emergency medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, where he had the privilege of serving as chief resident in his final year. This was followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.