Adi Gazdar, MD: Physician, Pathologist, Scholar, Collaborator, Friend

Leo Eitinger MD: tribute to a Holocaust survivor, humane physician and friend of mankind.

Born in Czechoslovakia, psychiatrist Leo Eitinger (1912-1996) became internationally recognized for research on his fellow concentration camp inmates. He graduated as an MD in 1937, but being Jewish was prohibited from practicing as a doctor. When the Nazis occupied the area he was forced to flee to Norway, where in 1940 he was again deprived of his right to practice medicine. In 1942 he was ar...

MD to MD Coaching: Improving Physician–Patient Experience Scores

With increasing national focus on patient experience scores through public reporting and the Value-Based Purchasing Program, hospitals and medical groups are challenged with initiating sustainable programs to improve their scores. Our system initiated 3 pilot programs to determine which approaches and techniques would be the most beneficial. The pilot trails included: (a) MD to MD 1:1 coaching ...

Early clinical pathologists. 2. Thomas Hodgkin: pathologist, physician, and philanthropist.

Gaining MD buy-in: physician order entry.

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) eliminates illegible handwriting, reduces medical errors, and improves patient care. The administration, medical staff, nursing, and health information systems departments of a community teaching hospital cooperated to achieve organization-wide use of its CPOE system.

Exploring intentions of physician-scientist trainees: factors influencing MD and MD/PhD interest in research careers

BACKGROUND Prior studies have described the career paths of physician-scientist candidates after graduation, but the factors that influence career choices at the candidate stage remain unclear. Additionally, previous work has focused on MD/PhDs, despite many physician-scientists being MDs. This study sought to identify career sector intentions, important factors in career selection, and experie...