Lucky Husband, Dad, Grandpa; Internist, Educator, Marxist (Groucho et al)
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My video “Alcoholism in the Movies” is now available for public viewing on YouTube. It explores medical aspects of alcoholism as seen in popular films of the mid-20th century, including the powerful Billy Wilder film Lost Weekend from 1945.
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24 Jan 2024
My new YouTube video “Tuberculosis in the Movies” has dropped. It’s a physician’s take on 10 films in which TB plays a role.
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20 Aug 2023
My review of the film “Bigger Than Life” is now available on YouTube. This medical drama from 1956 deals with a “miracle drug” (still in use today) with terrifying side effects. This is the first in my series “Medicine in the Movies”.
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19 Dec 2021
My latest 2-minute med ed video “Screening for AAA” has dropped. The suspense may kill you! youtu.be/vFTJL0ap7_A
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20 May 2021
re CDC recs, did I miss the study that showed masks provide no additional protection to fully vaccinated people?
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16 Feb 2021
youtu.be/wvnMBKsejxc My 2-minute med ed video “DELIRIUM” is now online. It’s an homage to Saul Bass and Bernard Herrmann.
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31 Oct 2020
My med ed video on AKI, a 3.5 minute film noir documentary, is now online. youtu.be/k8vjwauN1Tg
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20 Oct 2020
Further evidence of recent grade inflation: after creating the world, God graded it “very good” (Genesis 1:31).
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23 Jul 2020
Prediction: Trump will try to administer Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MoCA) to Joe Biden during their debates. And Trump will get the questions wrong.
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Robert Hirschtick retweeted
10 Jul 2020
Meet (twitterless) @DeptVetAffairs Quality and Improvement Chief, Dr. Peter Glynn. He says that if this is retweeted 10 times, he'll make a Twitter account.
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8 Jul 2020
Here is the corrected link to my new (and highly derivative) med ed video “The Second Syncope” which is now online. The original source film can be seen July 9 at 7PM central on TCM. youtu.be/3teAK5ATVPE
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8 Jul 2020
My new (and highly derivative) med ed video “The Second Syncope” is now online. The original source film can be seen July 9 at 7PM central on TCM. youtu.be/s8FUH4ackSE
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2 Jul 2020
I’ve always wanted to sneak this into my CV and see if anyone noticed:
“ran guns to Ethiopia; fought with the Loyalists in Spain”.
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18 Jun 2020
And a not lighthearted salute to the resident class of 2020 (4 minutes) youtu.be/N_Nlq1Sa_Qc
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5 Jun 2020
Pre-Zoom, I tried to match my shirt & tie. Now I try to match my shirt & background.
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20 May 2020
My favorite thing in Zoom meetings is sending someone a private text to make them crack up on screen.
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26 Apr 2020
Love your priorities!
25 Apr 2020
Show your freezer inventory to make it through another 6 weeks of SIP#essentials
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