Glossary

BB – Biochem Belle. My girlfriend and partner.

EEC – East Coast City. Where I lived until 2018.

MECMC – Major East Coast Medical Center. My employer in ECC.

MWCMC – Major West Coast Medical Center. My current employer.

PHRG – Population Health Research Group. A research center at MECMC I was briefly a member of.

UHR – University of High Regard. The other not-quite-as-large, private, and also-very-expensive university that has looser affiliations with MECMC.

VFU – Very Fancy University. The large, private, world-famous, and very-expensive university whose medical school MECMC is affiliated with.