Opinion
Exploring the Rise in Severe Injuries Associated With Electric Scooters
Over the last five years or so, there has been an explosion in the use of electric scooters, electric bikes and ...
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
The Outsourcing of Your Medical Care Might Kill You
“Where can I find a live radiologist?” I was yelling into an empty corridor and getting angrier as I ...
JUNE 13, 2023
The Inherent Hazards of Being an Anesthesiologist
The recent diagnoses of pancreatic cancer in three of my anesthesia colleagues have both saddened me and piqued my ...
MAY 1, 2023
So-so Speaking
A few years ago, while watching a sitcom, I made an unusual observation. I noticed that the ...
APRIL 17, 2023
Eponyms: To Teach or Not to Teach
It's historically been the practice to associate an anatomic structure, procedure or condition with the individual ...
APRIL 11, 2023
What’s in a Name?
Remarkably, 8,000 or so medical eponyms—diseases, syndromes, procedures, rules—are named after a person ...
APRIL 4, 2023
Data: Small, Big, True and False
The annual American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress will be held in San Diego, Oct. 16-20. The primary ...
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Fairwood Wells Inc., and the Modern Operating Room
When I was 14 years old, my aunt, a sassy young clerk in the shipping and receiving department of a Miami textile ...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Publish or Perish: An Aphorism for General Surgery Residents
In deliberations on subjects like mandatory resident research, it is prudent to investigate the question of who ...
AUGUST 3, 2022
Feedback Overdose
What happened to just speaking up if we have an issue that needs corrective action, or saying “thank you for ...
JUNE 22, 2022
Health Information Transparency: How Fast Is Too Fast?
Most of us are familiar with the idiom “Bad news travels fast.” These days, however, all news travels ...
MAY 25, 2022
What Your Heart Desires
Over the past few years, a very interesting approach to the practice of medicine has emerged in our local ...
MAY 12, 2022
