Noncompliance
Vinay Choksi, MD
1/22/2020
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The longer I practice medicine, the more I realize the power of succinct, accurate information. In the era of mile-long problem lists and me...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Vinay Choksi, MD, is a second-year internal medicine resident at Duke University, where he also completed medical school. His academic interests include medical education and quality improvement in hospital medicine.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Where's the Beef?
Fatima Z. Syed, MD, MSc
12/18/2019
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I have been involved with ACP for about 7 years now, and I’ve heard many things. “Stay in your lane,” on the gun violence policy paper in An...
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Fatima is an internist and endocrinologist in North Carolina. She recently completed her fellowship in endocrinology in Philadelphia where she also completed her residency training. She is a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. She has a background in public policy, having received her MSc in comparative social policy from the University of Oxford.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
Delirium
Callie Berkowitz, MD
11/20/2019
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As a second-year resident, I spend weeks on night-float rotations, acting as the cross-cover physician for general medicine patients. With...
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Callie Berkowitz is a second-year internal medicine resident at Duke University, where she also earned her undergraduate and medical school degrees. She serves on the residency Quality Improvement Counsel and is interested in health services research.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Talking in Code: Difficulties of the Code Status Discussion
Dylan R. Sherry, MD
11/06/2019
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“He can’t be DNR … that’s not what he wants … he must not have understood … he should be full code!” About two thirds of the way through my ...
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Dylan Sherry is an internist and palliative care physician in Philadelphia. He recently completed his fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine in Boston where he also completed his residency training. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He has a background in bioethics, having received a Master’s degree from Case Western Reserve University.
Wednesday, October 23, 2019
A Fragrant Memory
Sarah G. Candler, MD, MPH
10/23/2019
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Tea olive trees smell of neither tea nor olives. Instead, the tiny, white blossoms smell like my great-grandmother’s yard in springtime, bur...
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Sarah is a practicing primary care physician and Practice Medical Director at Iora Primary Care in Houston, Texas. Her value-based care practice serves exclusively Medicare patients and uses a team-based, relationship-centered approach to senior care. Dr. Candler completed medical school and her MPH at Emory University, and finished her internal medicine residency at Tulane University. She is a former chair of ACP’s Council of Resident Fellow Members and a current ACP delegate to the AMA. She teaches health policy and economics, advocacy, and social determinants of health as voluntary faculty in Houston.
Her opinions here are her own and do not represent the opinions of her employers.
