One of the most damaging patterns in health care is also one of the most accepted:…
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Why the U.S. needs more preventive medicine and public health doctors
“What is that?” I was sitting in the emergency room during my emergency medicine rotation, chatting…
Failing the residency match: What I learned from not matching
It was March 9, 2026. I remember the moment vividly. I woke up with a mix…
Bariatric surgery vs. semaglutides vs. endoscopic visceral lipectomy
Despite the emergence of new pharmacologic alternatives to traditional bariatric surgery, the global obesity epidemic continues…
A physician's journey with a hidden CSF leak and delayed diagnosis
In 2023, I was in a serious motor vehicle collision. The injury that followed, a vertebral…
How corporate health care ruined the medical profession
In the golden days of practicing medicine, the hospitals’ boards were composed of community leaders acting…
4 questions to ask about enterprise AI drug dosing
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how health care organizations support clinicians and, ultimately, how they care for…
Overcoming barriers to holding babies with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy during therapeutic cooling
Imagine going to the hospital after nine months of pregnancy expecting to have a perfect birth…
Bridging the gap in neurodevelopmental care and pediatrics
Long before I stood on collapsing bridges between DBP and NDD, I was the 1977 kid…
Therapeutic alliance in psychiatry matters more than ever
Each May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the health care industry releases its usual statements about…