Nicholas Bascou

Oct 24, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Nina Agrawal |Leonard Wang |Sarah Murad |Nicholas Bascou

When I’m not knocking on exam-room doors as a pediatrician in New York City, I’m knocking on voters’ doors in Northampton, Pennsylvania—a small county that could determine the outcome of this year’s nail-biting presidential election. Each time I walk up to a voter’s front door, my heartbeat quickens. You would think a doctor who talks to total strangers every day would be immune to such jitters. But even with a door-knocking or “canvas buddy” that the campaign pairs me with—I’m nervous.

Oct 24, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Nina Agrawal |Leonard Wang |Sarah Murad |Nicholas Bascou

When I’m not knocking on exam-room doors as a pediatrician in New York City, I’m knocking on voters’ doors in Northampton, Pennsylvania—a small county that could determine the outcome of this year’s nail-biting presidential election. Each time I walk up to a voter’s front door, my heartbeat quickens. You would think a doctor who talks to total strangers every day would be immune to such jitters. But even with a door-knocking or “canvas buddy” that the campaign pairs me with—I’m nervous.

Jun 20, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Sid Schwab |Michele Luckenbaugh |Nicholas Bascou |Alexander B. Camp

Clueless at the time, when I applied to medical school, I imagined myself one day making house calls, good ol’ Doc Schwab, paid in chickens and pies, smiles, and blackberry jam. There I’d be, delivering babies on kitchen tables, patching up Old Lady Jones’s leg on the sofa, shaking out thermometers, and feeling foreheads.

Jun 1, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Greg Smith |Nicholas Bascou |Christine Tran-Boynes |Steven Reidbord

I am now in the twilight of my psychiatric career. Yes, I can write that without wincing now, almost, well, maybe just a little. I have made decisions in the last twelve months that have changed my daily schedule, my work life, and my relationships profoundly. Everyone around me, including friends, family members, and even some of my coworkers, thought that I was retiring. It’s not working any longer. Quitting. Hanging up the spikes. Of course, that has not been true at all.

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.