When I informed a patient earlier this week that I would be happy to surgically remove his skin cancer, I was surprised by his response. “I didn’t know you were a surgeon,” he said. He was under the misunderstanding that dermatologists did not perform surgery. Read more…
The (un)safety of cosmetic procedures is getting more media attention this year especially after the death of Kayane West’s mother, Donda West, following cosmetic surgery. So are procedures in a doctor’s office safe? Here are five tips you’ll need before going under the knife. Read more…
I was stunned. I had just walked into an exam room when my middle aged woman patient confronted me: Read more…
Total number of prescriptions I wrote in the last quarter of 2007: 1,313
Total cost of those prescriptions: $27,387.14 Read more…
