I’m curious how many of you will make the connection with the title of this piece. No, it is not pointing out that I as president of WCMS wear a “Lion’s Mane” which you can see by my picture is a stretch! I did back in the early 70’s sport an impressive...

The Sunday Time’s book review of March 6 contained an interesting review of a book entitled The Fever of 1721: The Epidemic That Revolutionized Medicine and American Politics by Stephen Coss...

Medicine for many us practitioners, particularly those of us that have been doing this for a while, can become fairly routine. For the primary care doctors, we tend to see the same sort of things over and over. We do checkups...

I am at that stage of my career that I often reflect back on its course. All and all, I have few regrets. It has been a very satisfying journey and I am still jolted from time to time with a new fact or a disorder I am finally seeing for the first time...

The following is the departing speech of the outgoing President of the WCMS , Bruce Molinelli MD FACS, delivered at the Annual Meeting on June 8, 2023....

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI): FRIEND OR FOE, HAL OR HELL? Am I really writing this or did I get ChatGPT to produce this month’s newsletter? Perhaps you have you’re own opinion but only I truly know what I did...

I had the honor of attending the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Leadership and Advocacy Summit in Washington DC this month where the surgical leadership of the ACS discusses their initiatives and goals in affecting health policy...

I write to you today to bring your attention to an ongoing detrimental movement leading to the inevitable erosion of the medical staff - the disengaged physician. Although still the backbone of any institution, the medical staff has morphed...

This month’s “letter” highlighted is more in line with being a physician. Yes, we mostly are “A” students and yes , this newsletter originates from the WCMS - your “Advocacy” support. But the “A” word I think most appropriate for...

Considered among physicians as anything from uncaring and unnecessary to misguided and misdirecting, the concept of a “Union” is nonetheless resurgent. Perhaps the most recent nursing union strike of 7000 workers in two major NYC...