Author: Gene

Doin the walk  On the first day of class, one of my medical school professors limped in, stopped, then proceeded to teach us specifically what ailment a patient has to … Continue Reading →

Buffalo and Hart Park I miss the buffalo. They always seemed so gentle. Sometimes they would roll around in the dirt kicking up a dust cloud at Hart Park in … Continue Reading →

Ageism and the role it plays on being a doctor There are several certainties in the world, and one is we will age. But unfortunately, there are some unforeseen consequences … Continue Reading →

Lessons learned from the pandemic – a silver lining  Prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans were unaware of the 1918 pandemic that rampaged across the United States a century before. … Continue Reading →

A thank you to my Los Angeles community I am a medical doctor in my fourth decade of saving lives, but my life was saved long before today by a … Continue Reading →

Pulling the Plug How many older adults and disabled have had their “plug pulled”? Here is a recent story how a group of senior advocates fought back and rectified state … Continue Reading →

  Abortion States:  Facing Restrictions from Faith-based Hospitals Medical decision-making is not easy. A patient’s quality of life, including career and family, may hang in the balance. I have practiced … Continue Reading →

  Doctor’s Diary:  Avoiding Covid-19 asymptomatic carriers Nationwide distribution of at-home Covid-19 self-tests kits has begun. Individually, we should be able to determine if one’s symptoms might be from the … Continue Reading →

There Oughta Be a Law I was Chairman of the Ethics Committee at our local hospital.  An emergency meeting was called at family request.  The father had been brought to … Continue Reading →

Hospitals have evolved as a business. They are bigger, have flashy newspaper and TV ads, and tout medical prowess.  Arising now from their sterile halls are horror stories of compromised … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) The nursing home crucible Harriet broke her hip and needed surgery. Post-operatively, the hospital was swift to push her out the door, while Medicare controlled the … Continue Reading →

A Decade of War by Hospital Administrators on the Practice of Medicine Medical doctors are trained professionals trying to survive in a complex system that is increasingly hostile to their … Continue Reading →

(Not a snippets from the frontline) Saving Dodger Manager Dave Roberts’ life I got home late and didn’t know if the Los Angeles Dodgers had won that day, so I … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Gallantry in the face of fear I remember when my high school friend lost his father.  He was a surgeon in Vietnam when their hospital mobile … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Aging in Place I care for a married couple named Fred and Wilma, and they tell me we live in the Stone Age.  They are hopeful … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Mental illness is the root of our problem Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic brings us to light at the end of the tunnel. Arising again are mass … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  “I ‘herd’ it through the grapevine” COVID-19 “herd immunity” is a national goal that might help put us out of harms way.  But government messaging … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Natural Selection and making decisions I am a scientist and believe Charles Darwin is the father of evolution.  Plus, after reading medical literature, I support … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  U.S. life expectancy decrease:  Pointing fingers Recent CDC announcements revealing the U.S. life expectancy decrease of 1% was shocking.  It was already on the decline … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  “But I got the vaccine!” We have been propagandized with the belief a pill fixes everything, miracles abound, and everyone wins the lottery.  Soon, a … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Asking for treatment in the vaccine gray zone The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been deficient leaving many Americans in a gray zone.  Fear … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) COVID-19/BLM:  Hit by a variant? I saw it coming but was too slow getting out of the way.  Boink, got me in the head!  I didn’t … Continue Reading →