I was in Boston last week for my 30th Harvard Medical School reunion. I thought it would be fun, but it was even better than I expected.

Unfortunately, the festivities were marred by a black cloud of current and threatened federal cuts to academic medicine. Harvard, in particular, is getting hit hard, but my classmates were recounting the difficulties they are facing at their current, respective institutions – Harvard and others. 

The AAMC has done a good job offering specific examples of the damage in their recent piece “The Impact of Federal Actions on Academic Medicine and the US Health Care System.” Read it and weep.