Sept. 30, 2024Monday hospital medicinepatient careThe DO book club Medical mystery The DO Book Club, Oct. 2024: ‘The Autumn Ghost’ Hannah Wunsch, MD, tells the largely untold story of a deadly 1952 polio epidemic in Denmark that fostered the advent of modern-day intensive care medicine. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Aug. 30, 2024Friday booksThe DO book club Secrets and mysteries The DO Book Club, Sept. 2024: ‘The Covenant of Water’ Joan Naidorf, DO, breaks down this novel’s enchanting combination of spirituality, early medical practice, Anglo-Indian history, romance and family devotion. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
April 30, 2024Tuesday The DO book clubwomen's health Women’s health The DO Book Club, May 2024: ‘Perimenopause for Dummies’ Author Rebecca Levy-Gantt, DO, provides clear and useful information about perimenopause, the transitional time that is highly common yet little understood. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Feb. 29, 2024Thursday DO & student voicespracticeThe DO book club At the helm The DO Book Club, March 2024: ‘Go by Boat’ and ‘Island Medicine’ In his two memoirs, Chuck Radis, DO, writes about moving to a remote Maine island and the challenges he faced while trying to gain acceptance within the community. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Jan. 30, 2024Tuesday self-careThe DO book club Redefining wellness The DO Book Club, Feb. 2024: ‘Real Self-Care’ Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin, MD, chronicles the challenges facing women in American society and presents a bold new approach to caring for oneself. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Dec. 1, 2023Friday emergency medicineThe DO book club Emergency medicine The DO Book Club, December 2023: ‘Code Gray: Death, Life and Uncertainty in the ER’ As an emergency physician during the early months of 2020, the author draws back the opaque curtain on what was really happening and how frontline medical staff were sharing information. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
Nov. 1, 2023Wednesday emergency medicine Lending an ear Listening to our patients: The sounds of an emergency department Any emergency department physician can attest to the noisiness of the ED. Joan Naidorf, DO, shares a story of a memorable day when a few poignant sounds cut through the ED buzz to make a lasting impression on her. Art of Medicine By Joan Naidorf, DO
Sept. 1, 2023Friday artificial intelligencepatient careThe DO book club AI and medicine The DO Book Club, September 2023: “The Algorithm Will See You Now” J.L. Lycette, MD, imagines a future in which artificial intelligence (AI) has been so thoroughly integrated into the practice of medicine that an AI algorithm is making life-and-death decisions for patients. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
June 1, 2023Thursday addiction medicinedepressionThe DO book club The path to recovery The DO Book Club, June 2023: “Long Walk out of the Woods: A Physician’s Story of Addiction, Depression, Hope and Recovery” The difficulty of accepting help, notifying his colleagues of his treatment and the struggle to find a job are thoroughly detailed in Dr. Hill’s moving memoir. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO
April 3, 2023Monday The DO book club Beyond the diagnosis The DO Book Club, April 2023: “On Becoming a Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients” In this book, Weiner makes an eloquent effort to identify the challenges of practicing 21st century medicine and to suggest ways to engage with patients despite many inherent obstacles. The DO Book Club By Joan Naidorf, DO