GREETINGS!!!
My name is Glenn, though my various screen names in the past have included 'Meridian' and 'Tyreus'. I was born in Hong Kong, but I actually consider myself more of a New Yorker, having immigrated here at the age of 8. I grew up in Brooklyn, but went to high school and college in Manhattan. I came to Boston in 2000 to embark on a combined MD-PhD program at Harvard, and in 2006, completed my PhD in Neuroscience studying nervous system regeneration. During this time, I also met the love of my life, Melody. After a year of internship, I'm now an ophthalmology resident. With the little spare time I have, I enjoy pocket billiards, cooking, tennis, movies, video games, music, and books. Having majored in biochemistry and psychology back in college, I have always been intrigued by the intricacies of the human mind. It is for this reason that my current screen name, 'Xephalon', is derived from the latin term for the head, 'cephalicus'.

ABOUT THE SITE...
One of the worst things about working in science is getting so overwhelmed by journal articles and clinical reports that one forgets how to write like a normal person. That is why I started this weblog back in 2002 as a way for me to write regularly, about food, work, fun, and other things that are important to me. It also serves as a journal so every once in a while, I can go back and see what I've been doing with my life. The website was designed as a replacement for its more flashy and elaborate predecessors from college. With lab work and med school taking up so much of my time though, I ultimately had to settle on a simpler design that will be easy to update and which I can work on the code from scratch (i.e. Windows notepad). Hopefully, I will find the time to maintain the photos and blog entries regularly, so it will be easy to keep people up to date with my life. I hope you enjoy your visit and drop me a line if you have any comments!