Lisa’s heart pauses every time her phone rings. She’s unsure if the call she is answering is going to be the final update she will ever receive from the intensive care doctor caring for her love, John. Her 55-year-old husband of 31 years wa…
Category: Infectious disease
A different perspective on PPE during the COVID-19 crisis
As a health care provider, husband, father, and friend, I felt compelled to share my perspective with colleagues, loved ones, and the community as we continue to manage COVID-19. These are unprecedented times we are facing, and there is a myriad of in…
The oath we took does not include compromising our own safety
The CDC’s overseas epidemic prevention activities, a veritable gift from America to the world, were effectively eviscerated in early 2018 by Trump and the then Republican-controlled Congress in alignment with the White House’s “America First” ideology….
An ethical approach for clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic
As researchers and physicians race to investigate innovative therapeutics against the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus, unanswered questions remain regarding the ethics and design of clinical trials. Namely, what is the most ethically and scientifically rigorous…
COVID-19 is a different world for our most vulnerable citizens
I have been a physician for almost twenty years. The AIDS pandemic has been the greatest public health calamity of my career. Global Health Observatory data estimates that approximately 32 million people have died from HIV-related illnesses since the d…
COVID-19 is a different world for our most vulnerable citizens
I have been a physician for almost twenty years. The AIDS pandemic has been the greatest public health calamity of my career. Global Health Observatory data estimates that approximately 32 million people have died from HIV-related illnesses since the d…
Physician financial planning during uncertain times
With COVID-19 well underway and impacting everything from the economy to everyday life, here are a few financial planning strategies during a crisis. 1. Understand your budget. During uncertain times, spending usually reverts to a survivalist mentality…
In the coronavirus crisis, for-profit health care kills doctors’ spirits
I am a physician. I have worked hard to get where I am in life. I went into medicine for many reasons. The intellectual challenges. Being in a field with lots of human interaction. And of course to help people. I went into emergency medicine because I …
What COVID-19 means for all medical students
Coronavirus is sweeping across the world, cities are shutting down, hospitals overflowing, the economy crashing, and suddenly your cranial nerve mnemonic feels like the last thing you should be focusing on. But while the world screeches to a halt, medi…
Health care workers are here for you. Do your part to keep them safe.
The front desk staff member who checks you in at your primary care physician’s office is 64 years old with a history of hypertension and coronary artery disease. She unexpectedly became a widower five years ago and is planning to work until the age of …
