October 2024 Issue
Prompt: The Monster Mash and Medicine Step into the eerie intersection of medicine and Halloween, and celebrate how far healthcare has come in defeating medical ‘monsters’ of the past!
Dark Magic and Medicine
Background photo by Jr Korpa
Don't Be Spooked!
Background photo by David Menidrey
Reliquary
Background photo by Sebastiano Piazzi
Wear Your Fear
Background photo by Sunitha Konatham
Stories Through the Door
Background photo by Vladimir Fedotov
Blowing Smoke Up Your… well, you know.
Background photo by Quentin Touvard
*Some accompanying images were selected by the design editors.
Synapse Board Members
Sunitha Konatham Editor-in-Chief Zachary Mendoza Senior Acquisitions Editor Urenna Orazulike Acquisitions Editor Roshini Thiagarajan Senior Copy Editor Vy Dang Copy Editor Erin Cha Copy Editor Cerci Hammons Senior Design Editor Urenna Orazulike Social/ Media Manager
Rishi Ramesh Managing Editor Vy Dang Acquisitions Editor Roger Garcia Senior Copy Editor Elizabeth Bixler Copy Editor Swati Iyer Copy Editor Paul Oancea Staff Writer Pooja Pathak Design Editor Swati Iyer Social/ Media Manager
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