Category Archives: my brilliant career

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.”

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”

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”

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”

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”

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”

What started as a meandering around various spots I’ve landed in medicine led to the realization I have a pretty famous (in some circles) Grandfather. I was actually looking for symbols and crests.  Some places I’ve been, like my medical school, have some pretty awesome crests.  The back of my new business card has crestsContinue reading “A Proud Line”