In previous columns I have written about the parallels between our current COVID-19 pandemic and the last great pandemic: AIDS. I recently read a book that flushed out for me even more details of the similarities and differences: How to...

We are now in the sixth month of the pandemic. Thankfully, the local situation is fairly quiescent and it gives us time to mobilize for the next surge which will certainly come. We are better prepared than we were back in March. The phase we...

The last few months have brought sweeping changes among many areas of our society. It was unthinkable just a few months ago that a whole country (and the majority of the world) could be shut down by a rapidly spreading infectious...

In the past few weeks, physician offices across Westchester have cautiously opened and patients have started to trickle in. All around us “other businesses” have started to open in line with the recent NYS Department of Health and Governor...

As modern physicians, we were certain that we had everything under control. We understood the origins of disease. We had powerful medicines to control all forms of infection. We had even begun to make headway in understanding and...

As physicians, we have been trained to keep the best interest of others at heart during our professional encounters. We, therefore, may falsely assume that others are similarly motivated in such an altruistic manner. This can lead us...

It has been well documented that the cost of healthcare per capita in the US is one of the highest in the developed world. One of the underlying factors identified is our medical practice climate which requires all physicians to practice...

When we hear the phase “Value Based Medicine”, we immediately picture the big hands of government reaching into out offices and finding another way to burden physicians. Another force slowly pushing us closer to burnout and dropping...

Welcome back fellow physicians from the relative relaxation of “Summer Vacation” mode – it is once again time to refocus on our art and reignite our passions for the practice of medicine. I would like to begin my tenure as President by revisiting...

Good Evening and thank you for allowing me to represent you as President of WCMS for the upcoming year. I would like to be the final one to recognize your attendance at the Annual Meeting of the WCMS – the individuals in attendance...