Matt Drewes

Nov 27, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Catherine Diamond |Matt Drewes |Martha Rosenberg |Susan Levenstein

I didn’t know who Emmitt Smith was. I didn’t know September was Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. I didn’t know what was going on in the weekend football game my husband was watching next to me on the couch. I was typing a clinic note because, in general, that is what I am doing if I am sitting down, regardless of the day or time. I am an academic physician with a large HIV clinic practice. HIV remains more common in men than in women; thus, I have a special interest in men’s health.

Nov 25, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Riya Sood |Pat Rich |Matt Drewes |John Corsino

During my time as a medical student shadowing in the intensive care unit, I met Ms. Stacey, hospitalized with a severe intestinal infection. As I entered her room, I saw her frail form lying amidst a web of tubes and monitors. Her prolonged hospital stay had visibly drained her, leaving her dependent on the vigilant care of both the medical staff and a quiet, devoted man sitting beside her bed—her husband.

Jan 18, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Catherine Diamond |Matt Drewes |Martha Rosenberg |Lisa Abaid

First, a disclaimer. I do not know Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and I am not involved in his medical care. As an academic infectious disease physician, I am ignorant of the internecine hierarchy of the Defense Department. However, I listen to the news and thus am aware of his recent prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. On National Public Radio, reporters were discussing why the secretary of defense did not reveal his prostate cancer diagnosis.

May 12, 2023 | kevinmd.com | Matt Drewes |Marc Braunstein |Jaimie Cavanaugh |Daryl James

You’ve recently been diagnosed with metastatic cancer. You started the recommended first-line therapy, but it isn’t cutting it. There is another available treatment, but your hopes are crushed upon learning that you will have to wait at least three months before the life-extending medication can be produced for you and reach your location. All the while, your cancer will continue to grow and spread, slowly eating your body from the inside out. This scenario isn’t hypothetical — it’s happening now.