7/10/2023 My doctor began by stating the purpose of the call—to review my MRI report. I advised that I'd already read the report in MyChart and had a copy in front of me for our collective review. “That shouldn’t happen,” he said. I couldn’t have agreed more.
5/31/2023 Of cottages, pancreatic cancer and a strange little "phone booth" in the Ontario wilderness.
5/28/2023 My barber of more than 40 years asked me whether I missed being a doctor. After a few years in retirement, only now do I feel the loss of what medical practice has meant to me for so long.
3/7/2023 Three docs, three bagels, three stories of going from doctor to patient in one fell swoop.
2/16/2023 I spoke with my cousin, now 85, about his decades as a pharmaceutical sales rep—known in his day as a 'detail man'—and about how the industry is barely recognizable today.
1/26/2023 The pandemic left a major gap in the formative education of our medical students, relegating them to a virtual bedside. The core tenets of the classic physical exam: percussion, palpation, auscultation and even inspection were all casualties of virtual medicine.
12/14/2022 Leaving the ice rink a CityTV reporter asked to interview my children. My daughter boldly stepped forward, looking directly into the camera lens said: “I want to wish Merry Christmas to my mummy who’s working in the emergency department tonight.” Not bad for a three-year-old who'd just celebrated Chanukah.
11/23/2022 The treasury of knowledge held by doctors who are no longer technically practicing is going terribly overlooked. And in our current crisis, we're not a resource the healthcare system can afford not to use.
10/31/2022 The time read 12:45 p.m. on the analog Victorinox watch, the division of the Swiss Army company dedicated to time-keeping. An hour later, the time is still 12:45.
10/6/2022 Part 6: Dr. Goldstein concludes his series on his transition from doctor to patient.
9/29/2022 Part 5: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
9/23/2022 Part 4: Dr. Goldstein shares his transition from doctor to patient in this ongoing series
