By Steven Reichert, MD, Director, Palliative Care Mr. B. is a 58-year-old man with COPD who presents to the emergency room with increasing swelling and pain in his legs. In the ER, he is noted to […]
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EMBRACING NEW NURSES: Clinical and Applied Ethics in Nursing Practice
Angela Babaev, DNP, CNS, RN, Assistant Vice President Education & Nursing Recruitment The minute “Jennifer” begins her shift as a critical care nurse, she is swept into a whirlwind. “When you hit the door, everything starts […]
WHY I RESIGNED FROM THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
By Victor M. Pichardo Jr. I never planned to run for office. I cut my teeth as an intern with U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and worked my way up to senior staff within a year. […]
Beyond the Lab Coat
By Steven Clark Editor’s Note: Beyond the Lab Coat was a feature SBH Medicine launched several issues ago to highlight those physicians who have interesting “back stories” that go well beyond their lives as physicians. This […]
Hold the Pizza. Pass the Celery.
By Steven Clark Eating to live, rather than living to eat. That’s my new philosophy. Actually I really had no choice after a visit to my primary care physician. So, in terms of my diet, bean […]
COVID-19: PLANNING FOR FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY
By Howard Hook, CPA, CFP® Howard Hook is a fee-only Certified Financial Planner, Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy and CPA with the wealth management firm of EKS Associates in Princeton, NJ. He has been named to Medical […]
ECMO Program Slated to Start Shortly
The availability of ECMO may have saved lives during the height of the pandemic. In the future, it may buy patients much-needed time and give them a bridge to further treatment. It was with this in […]
A Farmer Toils in the Bronx
Finding a farm or a farmer anywhere near Third Avenue and 182nd Street, in the heart of the Bronx, would be like locating a hamburger at a vegan conference. But, until the weather recently closed it […]
In Fear of Cyberattacks
By Sam Cooks, Vice President/Chief Information Security Officer Hospitals are among those under assault from hackers. According to an article this summer in Crain’s Health Pulse, health care providers, health plans and related business associates have […]
A Look at the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Summer Enrichment and Mentorship Program
By Sarah G. Jamison, MD The Association of American Medical Colleges defines underrepresented minorities in medicine as “those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general […]
The Advantages Of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Sylvia, a woman well into her 70s, had played an active role in her community for years (some details changed to protect patient confidentiality). Known as a baker nonpareil, she could be relied on to whip […]
Optimizing Performance Through Mindfulness
“Your concentration is very complete. Your mind isn’t wandering. You are not thinking of something else. You are totally involved in what you are doing … You feel relaxed, comfortable and energetic.” These were the words […]
Pandemic Rocks Cancer Care
The pandemic socked cancer with a gut punch. Not only did COVID-19 cause many cancer patients to become seriously ill and die, but fear of catching it kept others from seeking diagnosis – even after the […]
Obstetrics/Gynecology Embraces Telehealth
Dr. Mark Rosing, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology uses a tragedy to illustrate the benefit of telehealth to both patient and provider. “It was shortly after COVID-19 started, and we weren’t seeing as […]
Population Health Takes off at SBH
By Moray Joslyn, Senior Director, Quality and Performance Improvement In the population health department, a care coordinator is speaking to a patient in Spanish. He describes the benefits of a home testing kit for colon cancer […]
Clinical Staff Writes Prescriptive Book on Pandemic
The idea to write and publish a prescriptive account of how SBH Health System managed the pandemic first came to Dr. Ridwan Shabsigh in the summer of 2020. It followed a time when a new virus […]
A Labor of Love: Breastfeeding Facts and Fiction
By Faith Daniel Breastfeeding is a labor of love that provides numerous health benefits for both mother and baby. For babies, breast milk protects against allergies, diseases like diabetes and cancer, and infections, and promotes better […]
BIOETHICAL ISSUES IN THE MEDICAL CARE OF TRANSGENDER ADOLESCENTS:
Puberty Blocking Therapies (PBT) By Stephen Kramer, MD, Attending, Department of Psychiatry There continues to be controversy regarding transgender children and adolescents, with vestiges of the earlier debates surrounding the cultural acceptance, medical management and classification […]
A Medical Mystery
For infectious disease doctors, it’s part of the job description. In addition to treating acute and chronic infections caused by bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses, these specialists treat acute infections of unknown etiologies. Which means they […]
A Career Framed by Two Pandemics
Here are excerpts from a sermon that Dr. Edward Telzak, chair of the department of medicine at SBH and an infectious disease specialist, gave at his synagogue in Brooklyn on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. […]