As a medical specialist I like to stay in my lane. The patient may have heart disease, kidney failure, and emphysema but I try to only address the infection for which I am consulted. Well, I saw a patient for follow-up in the office the other day. He had multiple medical problems and had been […]
How to Consult Infectious Disease
As an infectious disease specialist I often help in difficult medical and surgical cases. I am the Gregory House, M.D. of medicine, the expert diagnostician who knows the nuances of various antibiotic treatments and the varied processes of infection. My skill is a cognitive one. Unlike House, real infectious disease specialists do not tend to […]
JCAHO Descends Upon Us
Sometime in the past couple of months JCAHO paid an unannounced visit to my hospital. I should have known something was up when I saw our Chief Medical Officer up on one of the medical floors talking excitedly to an old man in a suit. My naïve self assumed he was interviewing a new physician…no […]
It’s Official – I Have an American Accent
For the third time since moving to “the real America” patients have confided in me their distaste, distrust, and disapproval of “foreign doctors”. Each time I wonder if they are secretly talking about me but no these are patients who have no qualms putting their doctor in her or his place. Like the man who […]
Dear Friends, Thank You
Dear Friends, I just wanted to thank you so much for your thoughts of me on my birthday! My room-mate apparently spread the word that I was in a “bad mood” – like when am I not in a moody state? Anyway…. I got SLAMMED with consults at work on Friday. SLAMMED! No, I don’t […]