Editor’s Corner: It Takes a Village
“How do you do it all?”
This is a question I have been asked often. It is a good question: I work full time, have...
Editor’s Corner: All Those YESterdays
A few weeks ago, I was on a Zoom call with a candidate interviewing for a faculty position. The topic of work-life balance came...
Editor’s Corner: Post-Pandemia Mania
The severity of the COVID-19 pandemic can hardly be measured – millions have died, billions have been adversely affected, and trillions of dollars have...
Editor’s Corner: Healing Our Invisible Wounds
Many patients whose paths cross ours, as hematologists, will inevitably face premature death due to their underlying disease. Yet, we learn from each case,...
Editor’s Corner: A Period Piece
It happens every week in my clinic. I ask a patient one simple question and the floodgates open. I hear confessions of days upon...
There’s No Crime Like the Presents
I hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and, although the climate seems to be working constantly against it, I hope some of you...
Musical and Medical Reflections
While updating my CV for an annual performance review, I noticed a considerable number of musical references popping up in the bibliography. Yes, Bruce...
Editor’s Corner: Running on Empty
When I was a boy growing up in New Jersey and Virginia, every year our nuclear family piled into an olive 1974 Dodge Dart...
Editor’s Corner: Learning to Lead
We learn a lot in medical school. But as I move through my still-early career, I find myself occasionally reflecting on what we are...
Editor’s Corner: Two Ears, One Mouth
I consider myself blessed to come from a medical family. My parents were physicians who were sweethearts in medical school in Egypt. They had...
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June 2021 Volume 7 Issue 7
This issue reviews the management and prevention of peripheral neuropathy, early successes of SCD screening programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and more.