Opinion | Proposed Methadone Treatment Legislation May Put Patients at Risk
Isherwood is an addiction specialist and medical director of an opioid treatment program. Overdoses in the U.S. due to opioids are hitting devastating new levels as high-potency synthetic opioids like fentanyl and metonitazene rack the nation. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) for opioid use disorder is a life-saving intervention with unmatched success in patient outcomes. This typically […]
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Treating a Patient With Septic Shock
[embedded content] Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, and her husband, as they spend the day in a hospital covering for a physician shortage. Following is a partial transcript (note that errors are possible): Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist. Today I’m working in the hospital with […]
Day in the Life of a Doctor: On Call With My Husband
[embedded content] Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she spends a week working at a hospital with her husband, Mark, an emergency medicine physician and hospitalist. Following is a transcript (note that errors are possible): Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist. Mark: I’m Mark, an emergency […]
Day in the Life of a Doctor: Shadowing a Flight Paramedic
[embedded content] Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, as she shadows a flight paramedic team. (Following is a transcript. Note that errors are possible.) Deshauer: Hey, guys. I’m Siobhan, an internal medicine and rheumatology specialist. Today, I’m joining flight paramedics as they rescue and transport critically ill patients in helicopters. Engineers: Aircraft-wise, […]
Opinion | ‘We Are in Very Scary Times’: What We Heard This Week
“We are in very scary times.” — Michal Elovitz, MD, a Pennsylvania maternal-fetal medicine specialist, discussing the American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists’ decision to make its board certification exam virtual this year in part due to safety concerns after the overturning of Roe v. Wade. “I thought it was the extreme act of courage, […]