HOWARD GOLDSTEIN
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/8/2025
Five years into retirement
I’m sitting patiently in a confining, V-shaped waiting room that barely accommodates six time-eroded faux-leather chairs. This professional building has a familiar, déjà vu vibe, perhaps because I had done time here in a previous life—25 years in fact. - 8/27/2025
The black bag chronicles
My SUV was stolen right out of my driveway on my 50th wedding anniversary. As I listed the vehicle's contents for my insurer, I realized my five-decades old black medical bag would never make another house (or cottage) call with me again. - 8/17/2025
Finding relevance
Two former medical professionals head in for a clinical consultation and come out . . . pleased as punch? - 7/8/2025
Defined by age or defying reality
Dr. Howard Goldstein just got a letter reminding him that now that he has reached age 80, renewing his driver's license comes with a few extra steps—and it brought him back to a time when he has to evaluate another physician's competence in relation to his age. - 6/19/2025
The medical textbook depository
Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on the endurance of paper ephemera and what an old medical textbook means in a world of tablets, phones, frothing knowledge and limited storage space. - 4/24/2025
Runway 23, revisited
A more recent plane crash at Pearson brought back a flood of memories for Dr. Howard Goldstein, remembering his participation in helping those injured in a crash all way back in 1978. - 3/10/2025
The madness that was March 2020
When I look back today at what life was like for physicians beginning in March of 2020, it is likened to an extended night terror. The initial months were frenetic. - 2/18/2025
Joe, snow and the widow
Dr. Howard Goldstein remembers a patient—and neighbour—in a story that puts the ‘family’ front and centre in family medicine. - 12/17/2024
The ‘Maplewiser’
A precocious and spirited child and a whimsical mispronunciation becomes a cherished anecdote.
