She came in having done the work. She had watched the clinic videos. Read the website.…
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Surviving a hospital blizzard as a physician on call
The recent record snowstorm in New England got me all in a deep wintery nostalgia. I…
A humorous parody of medical specialties and the modern patient
Prologue As a practicing gastroenterologist for more than 50 years, now emeritus, I was privileged to…
Artificial intelligence is changing medical writing today
The moment was small, almost trivial. I handed my daughter her polished curriculum vitae (CV), clear,…
Redefining physician leadership and adversity after a life-changing illness
There are moments in life when the identity you have carefully built over decades is interrupted…
Why Florida physician background checks are driving doctors away
I decided to be a physician because my mother died from tuberculosis, after quite a struggle,…
Managing food allergy anxiety through diagnostic testing
Food allergies affect roughly 8 to 10 percent of U.S. children and adults, and prevalence has…
Low-dose lithium treats suicidal ideation safely
A patient in his 20s recently came to see me in a state of severe distress.…
Health care lobbying is destroying the U.S. system
In modern times, we frequently encounter messes in our public life. This seems particularly true in…
How generative AI in health care is changing patient expectations
On a busy call shift as a resident doctor at Stanford, I have heard versions of…