The graduate medical education (GME) coordinator role has continued to evolve over the past decade and even more so within…
The Art of Nitpicking
Star Trek fans enjoy nitpicking over trivia from the popular TV series. One example comes from the episode called This…
Assessment and Treatment of Physician Speechlessness
What does a doctor say when words don’t come? Such was my dilemma several years ago on an inpatient psychiatric…
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Presenting as Hypophysitis
A 20-year-old healthy woman presented to a local hospital with 3 months of headaches and fatigue and 3 weeks of…
Fixed-Dose Combination Amlodipine/Celecoxib (Consensi) for Hypertension and Osteoarthritis
The US Food and Drug Administration recently granted an approved indication for the first fixed-dose combination antihypertensive (amlodipine) and nonsteroidal…
Marijuana’s Effects on Brain Structure and Function: What Do We Know and What Should We Do? A Brief Review and Commentary
The recent US Food and Drug Administration approval of the marijuana constituent cannabidiol as safe and effective for treatment of…
Diagnostic and Management Dilemma: Massive Hemoptysis from Severe Mitral Stenosis
Severe hemoptysis in a critically ill patient must prompt rapid development of a broad differential. We present an unusual case…
Asking How Our Patients Understand Addiction
When the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis declares “addiction [a] chronic relapsing disease of the…
Bilateral Breast Ulcers: Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis
An investigation into the patient’s unusual dermatologic symptoms identified an underlying autoimmune disease. Fourteen days after breast-reduction surgery, the patient,…
Sarcoidosis Presenting as Isolated Anasarca and Hypercalcemia
A 62-year-old woman presented to clinic for a second evaluation. Previously healthy, she initially presented for care several months earlier…