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  • 5/29/2023

    In the afterglow

    My barber of more than 40 years asked me whether I missed being a doctor. After a few years in retirement, only now do I feel the loss of what medical practice has meant to me for so long.
  • 3/8/2023

    Three doctors in a waiting room having coffee

    Three docs, three bagels, three stories of going from doctor to patient in one fell swoop.
  • 2/16/2023

    Cousin Stan the 'detail man'

    I spoke with my cousin, now 85, about his decades as a pharmaceutical sales rep—known in his day as a 'detail man'—and about how the industry is barely recognizable today.
  • 1/27/2023

    Face-time vs. FaceTime

    The pandemic left a major gap in the formative education of our medical students, relegating them to a virtual bedside. The core tenets of the classic physical exam: percussion, palpation, auscultation and even inspection were all casualties of virtual medicine.
  • 12/14/2022

    Merry medical memories of the holiday season

    Leaving the ice rink a CityTV reporter asked to interview my children. My daughter boldly stepped forward, looking directly into the camera lens said: “I want to wish Merry Christmas to my mummy who’s working in the emergency department tonight.” Not bad for a three-year-old who'd just celebrated Chanukah.
  • 11/23/2022

    Designated survivors

    The treasury of knowledge held by doctors who are no longer technically practicing is going terribly overlooked. And in our current crisis, we're not a resource the healthcare system can afford not to use.
  • 10/31/2022

    It’s about time—it’s always about time

    The time read 12:45 p.m. on the analog Victorinox watch, the division of the Swiss Army company dedicated to time-keeping. An hour later, the time is still 12:45.
  • 10/6/2022

    A lethal legacy, lost sleep and lessons learned

    Part 6: Dr. Goldstein concludes his series on his transition from doctor to patient.
  • 9/29/2022

    The patient doctor: Into the gantry

    Part 5: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
  • 9/23/2022

    The patient doctor: Facing the sum of all fears

    Part 4: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
  • 9/16/2022

    The patient doctor: Marcy beaucoup

    Part 3: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
  • 9/9/2022

    The patient doctor: In the wee small hours

    Part 2: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
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