PULSE 1/3/2025: Presidents Corner
Life is Like a Roll of Toilet Paper Click to Enlarge Colleagues:Andy Rooney once wrote, “life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.” As a Gastroenterologist, I have always appreciated
PULSE 12/13/2024: Presidents Corner
Anthem Reversed Its Policy on Anesthesia Caps: Big Win for MSSNY! Click to Enlarge Colleagues: The historian Tacitus once said, “Victory is claimed by all, failure to one alone.” The truth of this aphorism was repeated this week, when Anthem reversed its ill-begotten
PULSE 12/6/2024: Presidents Corner
The UHC CEO was Murdered. How are Patients and Physicians Affected? Click to Enlarge Colleagues: UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in what appears to be a targeted attack Wednesday morning in Midtown Manhattan. A message left at the scene of the fatal shooting
PULSE 11/22/2024: Presidents Corner
Should MSSNY be Bi-Partisan, or Non-Partisan? Click to Enlarge Colleagues: Last week, my Pulse Message generated heated responses from members on both sides of the political aisle. Some emails expressed dismay that by being bipartisan, MSSNY is failing to confront
PULSE 11/01/2024: Presidents Corner
IMG Recognition Week Click to Enlarge Colleagues: Being ill is no fun, though it does enforce time in bed (or in my case, time on the toilet) to contemplate one’s own physical fragility and mortality. To those of you who
PULSE 10/11/2024: Presidents Corner
NPs Are Not the Same as Physicians Click to Enlarge Colleagues: Pay for a steak, but only get a hamburger. This does not sound like a fair deal to me. Yet this is what the Nurse Practitioners want with their recently
PULSE 10/4/2024: Presidents Corner
Medicare Inflation Update Click to Enlarge Colleagues: On September 26, MSSNY EVP Tom Lee, MD and I met with our AMA senior physician leadership and our AMA lobbyists, along with other state leaders from Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and
PULSE 9/20/2024: Presidents Corner
AI and Physician Burnout Click to Enlarge Colleagues: The powerfulness of any technology is a double-edged sword. The more potential for greater good is matched by the same potential for greater evil. I was reminded of this fact while recently attending as
PULSE 9/13/2024: Presidents Corner
The Importance of Committee Work Click to Enlarge Colleagues:During my recent interview with the MD News Network, the reporter asked me how physicians can join MSSNY and how they can advance in leadership. Joining is easy, just tell your colleagues to
PULSE 9/6/2024: Presidents Corner
Pharmacy Deserts Click to Enlarge Colleagues: “Does anyone have two Losartan tablets I can borrow?” This message flashed across my HOA WhatsApp chat this past Labor Day weekend, from someone who was visiting their summer home and forgot to level up their
