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Pursuing Excellence: Virtue, Morality, and the Good Life
As we seek excellence, exploring morality and virtue helps us live well before God, others, and ourselves.
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Dec 14, 2024
On Call
Dr. Fauci's memoir explores 50 years of medical history, from HIV/AIDS to COVID, with insights, successes, and controversies.


Nov 10, 2024
Health Starts with Us
As we seek to combat the epidemic of obesity, doctors can show the way by engaging in regular physical fitness.


May 7, 2024
Do as I say... And as I do!
There is an old phrase that exhorts us to "Lead by example." Â Stated differently, some say that more is "Caught than taught." Â The...


Apr 28, 2024
Forever Strong
Some say that up to 80% of patients present to the emergency department with conditions that are a result of the decisions that they...

Mar 9, 2024
Outlive
Since the beginning of entropic history, we as humans have been searching for the fountain of youth. There are two guaranteed dates that...


Aug 21, 2023
What Does it Mean to be an Academic Physician?
What does it mean to be an academic physician? This speech explores the four pillars of academic medicine and the importance of excellence.


Aug 13, 2023
POCUS Saves Money
POCUS is the use of ultrasound by physicians at the bedside. This paper looks at the effects on cost when POCUS is used.


Jul 8, 2023
Rest that you may Run
While work is important it can easily become all consuming. This post discusses the importance of work and rest.

Jul 3, 2023
The Price We Pay
Healthcare is a $4.3 trillion industry extracts a high cost on patients. This book explores drivers of cost and ways to reduce waste.


Jun 28, 2023
POCUS to predict Cholecystectomy
Can gallbladder POCUS predict the need for cholecystectomy without confirmatory imaging? This paper attempts to answer that question


May 31, 2023
The Story of our Hands
The calluses on our hands tell our story an allow us to face the difficulties in life that we encounter.


May 23, 2023
A Letter to Healthcare Graduates
As a healthcare graduate you are about to embark on a career with incredible opportunities and challenges.


Apr 22, 2023
I Think That's Why We're Friends
Between the 24/7 demand for care and the physician ethos, medicine demands a lot of time, unfortunately at the expense of time with family.

Mar 3, 2023
Physician Resilience and Burnout
How resilient are physicians? Is there a correlation between resilience and burnout?


Jan 18, 2023
The Power of POCUS in the House of Medicine
Unless you’re a dermatologist, it is hard to see disease that is more than skin deep. This amazing organ system that protects us from so...


Sep 17, 2022
Battling Healthcare Burnout
Healthcare burnout has become a problem of epic proportions facing out healthcare system today requiring systems-based solutions.


Aug 16, 2022
Ideas to Reduce Burnout: A Word to Healthcare Leaders
Healthcare is a team sport. It takes a team approach to develop meaningful, effective, and multifaceted solutions to healthcare burnout.


Aug 8, 2022
Doctor, Heal Thyself!
Burnout is a colossal issue in healthcare with negative impacts not just the provider but on families, patients and the healthcare system.


Jul 29, 2022
Never Enough
How do I live now in a way that when I look back, I will have spent my time well, loved my family, made an impact on my community?


Jul 8, 2022
No Mere Mortals: An Antidote for Cynicism
There are no ordinary people or mere mortals. Every patient has a future story - immortal horror or everlasting splendor.
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