In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on our country, by the following Tuesday anthrax spores were discovered in letters mailed to members of the media and United States senate. Subsequently, additional cases were discovered and the United...

Originally posted 18 February 2014 Like most boys, my father was my idol, my hero, like the Harry Chapin song goes, I wanted to grow up and be just like him. He worked hard and played harder.  He was a large man with a larger heart.  If...

When I was 12 years old I asked my father for an allowance. Without hesitating he said “sure”. The next thing I knew I had a part-time job at a body shop a few blocks from our house, across the Des Plaines River in suburban Chicago....

My father used to say "You can get anything you need at a hardware store." I used to love going with him to the local Ace Hardware and getting the special screws or bolts and tools for a particular project. The smell, the merchandise packed...

Recently at a golf outing sponsored by our hospital system, I met another physician in my group I had not met before. I had recognized his name from medical records and occasional orders for biopsies or fluid examinations but with thousands of...

Top 10 Reasons Why Pharmacology is Better than Women In response to the “Top 10 Reasons Why Pathology is Better than Men” the males in our med school class came up with list, from the lost book of quotes and lists I recently found. So,...