In celebration of Valentine’s Day this week, it seemed fitting to put together a post on the concept of love in medicine. Only…there’s not many of us out there writing on the topic. After a google search of “love in medicine” and “love and doctoring”, I found the following three posts, and have included one…
Comments closedThere are small moments of reflection that pop up in any given day that can affect how we approach our practice of medicine. Something at home affecting us at work, or vice versa. Like a Venn diagram, the two circles overlapping by just that slight amount at the center. One such recent intersection for me…
Comments closedAs 2018 draws to a close, I want to end on a hopeful note. In this post I share how the era of immunotherapy, specifically immune-checkpoint-inhibitors, has changed the landscape of community oncology practice, by significantly extending survival rates in stage 4 (metastatic) non-small-cell lung cancer. I want to tell you the story of Joe.…
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