Klaus Kessel

Jan 9, 2025 | kevinmd.com | Deepak Gupta |Klaus Kessel |Natalie Enyedi |Homer Moutran

The question is whether practicing medicine is like or unlike practicing law. Only those in distress come in search of physicians and lawyers. Thus, their clients need healing as well as protection from the ills in their innate systems or in the systems surrounding them. The absolute dependence or even surrender of those in need during times of need provides their physicians as well as their lawyers the moral high ground.

Nov 6, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Curtis G. Graham |Klaus Kessel |Aaron Morgenstein |Amy Bissada

Noticing the local physicians who practiced in your area, stayed for two years or so, and then moved to a “different place to practice” (cover story—meaning they never made enough income to stay in practice in your area) involves thousands of physicians across our nation annually, which has led to the physician attrition crisis today. Not enough money or income is most often the cause.

Mar 30, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Shafer Stedronova |Nicholas Bascou |Klaus Kessel |Emily Hagen

Is the scene safe? This is the first thing that you, as a member of the National Ski Patrol, need to ask and assess when coming upon a scene. As a doctor, I can tell you: they do not teach you this in med school. When becoming a doctor, you learn how the body works as best we currently understand it. You study how substances affect the body, from illegal drugs to those we buy, in hopes of a better life. You learn how to fix broken bones, how to stitch someone back together.

Dec 1, 2023 | kevinmd.com | L. Joseph Parker |Klaus Kessel |Judy Salz |Julie Craig

New Zealand just rescinded its ban on tobacco smoking at the same time that Donald Trump just suggested the death penalty could cure the drug problem. What did New Zealand learn? And how has drug prohibition worked out in the past? In 1511, the governor of Mecca, Khair Beg, had a serious problem. A powerful stimulant was coming into common use and was spreading throughout the city. This stimulant was clearly psychoactive and, like most stimulants, increased energy and interfered with sleep.

Oct 3, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Kim Downey |Klaus Kessel |Lynn Marie Morski |Steven Zhang

Challenging and frustrating are two words describing what it feels like to be a doctor today. Yet numerous physicians are sharing their journeys as to how they moved through difficult times and have been able to find joy again by practicing medicine on their own terms. The following doctors describe how they have continued seeing patients, while incorporating additional pursuits that help them feel balanced and fulfilled.