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Sep 30, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jiwon V. Park |Miguel Angel Villagra-Diaz |Kymberley Armstrong |Teresa Samson
How Xylazine Treatment Is Different From Other Drug EpidemicsSlowly rolling up the sleeve of his hoodie, a patient reveals his arm wound to me in the ED. An irregularly shaped, necrotic wound, extending from the wrist to the elbow, wraps around the patient’s arm. Dead, dark scabs are interspersed with areas of bright red flesh, as if a toxic chemical splattered over his arm.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Miguel Angel Villagra-Diaz |Kymberley Armstrong |Teresa Samson |Rohana Motley White
As physicians, we often focus on honing our clinical skills, but navigating the complexities of contract negotiation is equally crucial for a successful and fulfilling career. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to make a career move, understanding how to negotiate effectively can significantly impact your professional and personal life. Negotiating a contract can be daunting, but it’s a critical skill every physician must master.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Kymberley Armstrong |Miguel Angel Villagra-Diaz |Teresa Samson |Rohana Motley White
Do ICU Patients Really Need to be NPO? We have all heard the old saying “food is medicine,” and that having a healthy diet can help prevent disease or improve symptoms of chronic illness. In the ICU, where I work, adequate nutrition is paramount to encourage wound healing and to prevent frailty — one of the largest predictors of outcomes in critically ill patients.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Kimberly Clare |Michaela Barry |Teresa Samson |Ryan McCormick |Ryan Mccormick
I can’t say that I wasn’t warned. It was 2017 and I was the CEO of a 6-physician pediatric practice. We were doing fine, but quality incentive dollars formed at least half of our annual revenue. We were behind on our latest Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recertification and at risk of not making payroll. I was sitting in my own doctor’s office, following up on stress-related health issues, when I saw a parent who worked there as a medical assistant.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Michaela Barry |Teresa Samson |Ryan McCormick |Ryan Mccormick |Elisa Troyer
“But what if I can’t find anyone to pick me up?” My silence must have hung heavily over the phone as I tried to think of solutions to this impossible question. The patient on the other end of the line was a gregarious middle-aged woman whose Cologuard had recently returned positive, and she needed to be scheduled for a colonoscopy. Unfortunately, she couldn’t think of anyone who would be able to pick her up from her procedure, or provide aftercare in the 24 hours post-anesthesia.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Teresa Samson |Ryan McCormick |Ryan Mccormick |Elisa Troyer |Soubhana Asif
When one hospital closes, another one opens. That’s the saying, right? Of course, that’s not always easy to see in the moment, especially the moment my residency learned we had two months to find a new training site. It was March of my intern year at a two-year old internal medicine program. As anyone might imagine life at a new residency program, change was our only constant. We would identify growth opportunities, generate new policies and procedures, implement, refine, and repeat the cycle again.
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May 6, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Sylvia E. Rosas |Hardeep Phull |Teresa Samson |Christopher Bondoc
Dr. Sylvia Rosas is a nephrologist and epidemiologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, MA. She is the Director of the Latino Kidney Clinic and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She also is a nephrologist at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and currently sits as the President of the National Kidney Foundation.
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May 6, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Teresa Samson |Hardeep Phull |Christopher Bondoc |Rohana Motley White
During my first year of medical school, I remember being shocked as I learned that certain ZIP codes of San Antonio were associated with a 20-year shorter life expectancy. At the time, my medical school had us making quarterly visits to the homes of underserved families. During these visits, we would chat with families about their lives with the goal of discerning their social determinants of health. Our family included a mother and father with several children.
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May 6, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Hardeep Phull |Teresa Samson |Christopher Bondoc |Rohana Motley White
Oncologists and oncology professionals possess some of the highest levels of empathy, humanity, and emotional intelligence that I have witnessed in clinical practice. We see some of the sickest patients in emotionally draining circumstances during one of the most vulnerable moments of an individual’s life.
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Mar 11, 2024 | 
opmed.doximity.com | Jordan Frey |Alexander T. Yahanda |Teresa Samson |Lauren Grawert
Four years ago, in 2020, I committed to my financial education. Before that, I had convinced myself that personal finance was not important but, in reality, I was intimidated by the topic and embarrassed to admit it. So, how am I doing after all these years of fixing previous financial mistakes? Below, I share my list of 10 financial mistakes and how I am slowly but steadily fixing them. 1) Spending up to my paycheck. This was the biggest “A-ha” realization that my wife Selenid and I had.
