Bronson Ciavarra

4 weeks ago | opmed.doximity.com | Aditya Jain |Devika Rao |Brennan David Kruszewski |Bronson Ciavarra

House Call: Addressing Health Care’s Shortcomings Before AI Takes OverThe sutures holding the U.S. health care system together are fraying. Wait times have ballooned. The cost of care is rising. Clinician burnout is palpable. Financial challenges are compounding. And fraud is on the . But most worrisome of all: patient trust in physicians and the health care system as a whole has massively eroded.

4 weeks ago | opmed.doximity.com | Devika Rao |Brennan David Kruszewski |Bronson Ciavarra

Physicians Are More Than Their Academic SuccessI'm being introduced for my grand rounds talk at another institution. I sit in the front row of the auditorium with my hands folded. The doctor introducing me, the one who invited me to speak six months earlier, notes my numerous NIH grants amounting to millions of dollars, and she also cites my publications, too numerous to count. I survey the rows of people seated behind me.

4 weeks ago | opmed.doximity.com | Brennan David Kruszewski |Devika Rao |Bronson Ciavarra

According to a recent poll conducted by Doximity, about 63%, or nearly two-thirds, of doctors don't want their kids to practice medicine. The statistic is a shocking one, for many reasons – the least of which is that many of us got into this field because of the influence of a family member, either a parent, grandparent, uncle, aunt, or another person close to us. I fall directly into this category. My father is a family practice physician.

2 months ago | opmed.doximity.com | Priya Rajdev |Bronson Ciavarra |Abraham Kim |Allison Dimsdale

"You really need to get to the gym." My attending yoked upward on the Richardson retractor I was holding. My deltoids were burning and the thick abdominal wall I was pulling on was steadily sinking at a rate inversely correlated with my rising lactate. Trembling as I engaged muscle groups hitherto unknown to me, I did my best to dutifully observe the chief and attending operating peacefully, harmoniously, elegantly, their minds and bodies completely at ease and in flow.

2 months ago | opmed.doximity.com | Bronson Ciavarra |Priya Rajdev |Abraham Kim |Allison Dimsdale

In the ever-evolving landscape of neurosurgery, a pivotal question persists in the minds of patients: "Will I be the same after neurosurgery?" This inquiry delves into the essence of the patient experience, probing the very core of their identity in the face of intricate neurological interventions.