I wish I had THE magic power to slow time, to stretch it a little in order to have just a wee bit more of those magical minutes I love so much this time of year. There is nothing I love more than the excitement of children around the holidays, and I’d spend each extra […]
When I saw the Earn Your Stripe Campaign encouraging all health care providers to get a flu vaccine, I knew it was a great idea. And your Partners In Pediatrics are 100% protected. We live by example! Preventing influenza has a public health champion in the folks at the CDC, and they have made it a point […]
Years ago, I received a card from one of the families in my practice with a sentiment expressed by Edith Wharton that made me think of TEDMED as I packed my suitcase for the conference … As I headed off to Washington, DC for an opportunity to sit with some of the most creative thinkers […]
When I mentioned to a colleague that the practice was sending a gift to the families we care for, there was a moment of surprise. “Why?” was his response, and for a moment, I had to stop and let the hundreds of reasons melt into coherent speech. “Because the families send me gifts all year […]
I love classical music. I love lots of different styles of music, actually. People who find my taste in music interesting are the ones who have whittled things down to minds that have a preference for right brain or left brain thinking. My left brain: it’s organized, methodical, standing in straight lines with all the laundry sorted, washed, […]
Steve Jobs was speaking at Stanford’s graduation about how to live before you die, and much of what he says rings true as we usher in a new year. He tells the soon-to-be graduates three stories from his own life to illustrate the importance of seeing and making connections. He argues that you can’t ever really connect the dots by looking […]