I’m irked. While minding my own business perusing the net, I happened across a post on Twitter complimenting RNs and all the hard work they do. Nice post….I thought. It’s not that I didn’t...

I’m writing this letter because I give a damn. About my patients. Since August of 2017, I have been a member of a patient/physician advocacy group, Physicians for Patient Protection(PPP). We formed in March...

THE PARADIGM SHIFT: ONE DOCTOR’S VIEWPOINT Many of us who have practiced for years are well aware of the value nurse practitioners(NPs) and physician assistants(PAs) have brought to the medical team. There was a...

It has been nearly 24 years since I began practicing medicine. Since that time, I have been witness to changes that represent the complete antithesis of what medicine should be. Our society thinks it...

It has become so easy to blame physicians for all the wrongs that are occurring in health care. And it is unfair. So let me clarify some things. Medical school and residency taught us...

We exist in a fast food culture in which immediate gratification is a must. Education, in general, is not exempt from this mindset. This devaluation of education is nowhere better exemplified than in the...