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This is the first of a multi-part series on continuing issues as I see them with trying to find a balance in surgical pathology between “general” practice and “sub-specialization” that I think affects a lot of groups and departments of...

During medical school I played on a roller hockey team for a couple of years. Most of the team was centered in the Bridgeport neighborhood of the city and we would practice in a church gym when we could get it. Getting their involved trying to...

This is a piece I wrote for The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) “A Piece of My Mind” section I actually hand delivered to the AMA building downtown on my bike from Northwestern that was probably rejected about as soon as...

The hospital is where, as a medical student, you transform from an unwilling apprentice of sorts to a practitioner. The shorter the white coat, the less skilled you are. Medical student white coats are more like short dinner jackets in white...

As I child growing up I spent many summers, spring breaks, and winter breaks visiting my grandparents in South Florida. In the late 1970’s the place was already full of retirees from the rust belt and other northern parts. I enjoyed golf,...

Paula Takacs wrote an article on this site nearly two years discussing the value of pathology and giving credit where credit is due.  She had a powerful message then and her legacy lives on in her foundation she started in her name.  In...