Frontlines, Prevention
The Coronavirus Pandemic: Viral Psychology
I entered the North Austin Trader Joe’s and couldn’t get in the door. There was a flood of people walking in and out of the door. Others were standing at...
Frontlines, Innovations
Trends in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
The Hollywood version of plastic surgery is pervasive in popular culture – the glitz and the glamor involving beautiful models, actresses and celebrities. Plastic surgeons (in the flesh or character...
Frontlines, FYI, Innovations
The gods we worship
Breathing proves difficult. For the entirety of her previously healthy thirty years, breathing was subjugated to unconscious control – an automated background process. However, a severe flu infection lands Pam...
Frontlines, FYI
Choose Carefully: Could a Non-surgeon be Performing your Cosmetic Surgery?
Cosmetic Surgery by Non-Specialists On September 4, 2018, a google search of the “dancing dermatologist” yielded almost one million results. You may be familiar with the story – an Atlanta-based...
Frontlines
Determining Death
The blue and green lines darted across the telemetry screen. The blue line, Trevor’s oxygen saturation, traced a steady sinusoidal wave, while the green line, his heartbeat, galloped along in...
Frontlines, Opinion
Balance, On a Very Thin Wire:
The First Time I Worried About My Own Wellness I leaned back against the wall, breathed into my palms, and brushed beads of sweat from my forehead. I wondered if...
Frontlines, Opinion
The First Time I Hated a Patient:
A case study on the resilience of empathy in residency I was a 3rd year integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery resident rotating for the final time on the general surgery...
Frontlines, Opinion
It’s Not “Just Another Physician-Suicide,” It’s Suicide
The parts of me that used to think I was different or smarter or whatever, almost made me die. — David Foster Wallace in an interview by David Lipsky Recent physician-suicides, and...
Charity, Frontlines
Leaving Greece Humbled and Elevated
This article is about Mary Corder, who spent two weeks proving medical assistance as a volunteer to families displaced by conflict in the Middle East. When I first told my...
