ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 5/11/2022

  Six hundred weekends

  Now retired, Dr. Howard Goldstein reflects on how insufficient the weekends felt during his medical career, and what he plans to do with the precious opportunity of time

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 4/6/2022

  Just the fax, ma’am

  My solo GP practice was supported by the basic fundamentals of electronic facilitation. Billing, of course, reconciliation, appointment scheduling but, not EMR. Lab requisitioning, imaging both at community clinics as well as hospitals, the full spectrum of speciality and interventional procedures and medical and surgical referrals were all done using FAX.

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 3/30/2022

  The photo library

  We walk around with years of history in a pocket. What will the images captured during the pandemic teach us in the years to come?

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 2/27/2022

  Stories from the edge of a black hole

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 2/13/2022

  The grow op

  Even when stuck in a pandemic, human beings find ways to progress.

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 2/3/2022

  This call is personal: If I could call my 15-year-old self about plagues, perseverance and progress

  If I could send a missive to my 15-year-old self, I'd tell him about the Beatles breaking up, hint at the moon-landing and mention a fair few plagues.

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 12/30/2021

  Retired but not expired

  The page opened up and the first thing I saw was “expired”! I immediately checked my pulse. Once I recovered from the shock of this misleading and preposterous clinical opinion, I realized what this was.

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 11/30/2021

  The report card

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 11/8/2021

  Shredding as a prescription for reinvention

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN

  
• 10/23/2021

  A scalp in room 11

  The familiar ring tone of my cellphone interrupted a visit with friends on our cottage deck on a sun-drenched mid-September afternoon.

  HOWARD GOLDSTEIN