The Skeptical Cardiologist stopped giving talks for pharmaceutical companies 5 years ago and stopped accepting lunches from pharmaceutical reps because he wanted to be certain that he was not being
One might assume the skeptical cardiologist has a quick and accurate answer to this question given that he has spent a very large amount of his career either researching, teaching
The skeptical cardiologist is frequently asked by patients if it is OK to take certain pain medications. Yesterday, I got a variation on this when a patient called and indicated
The skeptical cardiologist was trained to listen carefully to patients who are relating their “history” as we term it and to minimize interruptions. However, there are only a limited number
The skeptical cardiologist keeps getting emails from Kimberly of mypracticereputation.com who informs him how important his online reputation is. The last email has quite an urgent, almost threatening tone: Kim reminds me of the
I am Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in both Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine. Recently the ABIM has changed the rules and started a Maintenance
My role models and mentors during my medical training taught me what I considered to be the proper appearance and demeanor of the professional physician. The male doctor wore a dress
Every time I see a patient in my office I review in detail the medications the patient is taking. My office staff and I obsessively work on making sure the list I have
Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today