Listening to John Prine’s Spotify channel last night got me thinking about a project I started years ago and now might be about time to deploy. I’ll link John’s song about this at the end, but first let me relate the details. From my birth I’ve been lucky. After a while you wonder what the pattern means.Continue reading “how lucky”
Category Archives: my brilliant career
never mind
I just renewed my license to practice medicine in the state of Michigan. Confirmation came right after my $562.50 AmEx cleared. Now I can continue to see patients and bill for my services, should I see fit, right up to the end of 2026. Now, right now I have no desire to do such a thing, but shouldContinue reading “never mind”
flea in the O.R.
The manuscript of this recent musing about perhaps the most important component of my career in rheumatology was just accepted for publication in Clinical Medicine, after being rejected by a surgical journal. Sometimes those blades just can’t take a joke. For you outsiders: blades are surgeons, for obvious reasons, whereas we internists, with our focusContinue reading “flea in the O.R.”
London, ’79
My classmate friend and fellow author Sandy Northrop Jones asked if I got “college credit” for the 2 months I’d spent in London as a medical student. That begged a response, which I offered: Oh my, yes. U of C encouraged study abroad, and my favorite cardiology attending Dr. Resnekov had connections. He set meContinue reading “London, ’79”
make it add up, doc
Those invites from the “predatories”, journals and conferences alike, just keep on coming. For those of you not in academia, a “predatory” journal exists mainly to fleece authors of often astronomical article processing fees (APCs). Journal costs used to be covered by subscriptions and/or support from organizations. With most journal articles now accessed on-line, andContinue reading “make it add up, doc”
Nayef
Nayef Kazzaz was a fellow with us ‘14-‘16. He came to us from King Saud University in Riyadh courtesy of King Muhammad bin Nayef. I don’t know if they were related. My Division welcomed such types, as they came totally paid for, thanks to King Nayef. Nayef had been smoothed by a 3 year internalContinue reading “Nayef”
Oxford
Buried in my old blogs is a post where I wax on about my career in Rheumatology https://wordpress.com/post/theviewfromharbal.com/470. Even though I haven’t seen a patient for over 2 years, I still write for and publish in the medical literature about the things that held my passion. Way back in May I submitted my 4,066 wordsContinue reading “Oxford”
Third phase
From the day I stepped into kindergarten to the day I was handed my M.D. degree was 22 years. I started to get a small paycheck for six years I spent in training, so nearly 3 decades passed before I was ripe enough to be trusted with real patients and to begin to teach othersContinue reading “Third phase”
Bend me, shape me
Andrew Ripps and his Bendcare company have risen from COVID and will conduct another “Summit” in Colorado Springs, at the luxurious Broadmoor, next week. I was so moved by the summit I attended in January, I set about to compose a response, which I’ve sat on till now. I’m getting it out now, as theContinue reading “Bend me, shape me”
Here Comes My Career
I’ve been having a thing with my high school English teacher. She was quite the babe back in the late 60s at Vicksburg High and I was maybe her pet, but nothing ever progressed then like you read about now. I went looking for her to find a discerning reader for my new blog. Also,Continue reading “Here Comes My Career”
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