Ethics

Ethics of Oncology Care During the COVID19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Brings New Ethical Dilemmas to the World of Oncology Today I had the great privilege of participating in a panel discussing the...

Prognostication and Communication in Oncology

It is exceedingly difficult to make predictions, particularly about the future." —Neils Bohr Journal of Oncology Practice -...

Students of Our Patients

I am very privileged to have spoken at the White Coat Ceremony for the SIU Medicine Class of 2022(!). Here is my speech: First of all, I...

Innovation in an Era of Patient Safety

This is a panel I put together on behalf of the SSAT Resident and Fellow Education Committee focusing on the implementation of new...

Intraop Dilemmas in Resident Education

Today at Academic Surgical Congress, I moderated the following session: 📷 Dr. Rebecca Minter started with discussing entrustment, and...

Quasi-normative Error

This is a post in The Academic Surgeon that describes how details matter and don't matter in surgery. I cite the following book, Forgive...

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

It has now been 20 years since I prepared to be a medical student, not having any idea what I would do and what it would mean to be able...

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