Thirty-Six Hours in the Deep End

Dr. Amara Osei still had confetti in her hair from the Emory University School of Medicine graduation ceremony when her phone buzzed at 4:47 a. m. Her first shift as a resident at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta started in two hours. Twelve years of study had built to that single moment on stage — her father weeping in the third row, her mother whispering, "That's my daughter."…