If you’ve been following the Spoonful of Medicine ‘Daily Dose’ news summaries, you’re familiar with the inspired writing of Christian Torres. For the past six months during his news internship at Nature Medicine, Christian has delivered sharp and witty posts on this blog on subjects ranging from pharma’s use of Twitter to medical apps on the iPhone.

During his time with the journal, Christian has kept a close watch on US healthcare reform. He’s reported on the day-to-day developments of what the reform means for medical spending and taken the long view about the coming battle for data produced by electronic health records. Christian has also tackled tough regulatory issues, such as international monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities.

Our blog readers know that in addition to his reporting on biomedical policy and research news, Christian has livened up the blog with his extensive cultural knowledge. He has served as our resident movie critic. He has rounded up memorable medical moments in film. He has even surveyed the poor choices doctors make in TV dramas.

As Christian wraps up his internship and heads back to California, home of Hollywood, we wish him the very best and thank him for all his hard work. Stay tuned for his news feature, which appears in the upcoming June issue of Nature Medicine.