Medmic

I’m a Journalist. Apparently, I’m Also One of America’s “Top Doctors.”

Companies cash in by calling physicians “Super Doctor,” “Best Doctor” or “Top Doctor” and then selling them opportunities to boast about the honor. Experts call the accolades a “scam.” Giving me one highlights the absurdity.

This story was written by Marshall Allen.

It was originally published by Propublica.org

https://www.propublica.org/article/top-doctors-award-journalist

PTSD 3 Years On

Bruce Knox is New Zealander who encountered a significant medical complication during a routine ablation. 

As part of his overall recovery, he has collected together a range of poetic expressions that I have crafted that tell the story and share some of the thoughts and feelings. 

This is a song and the lyrics he wrote:

The Tightrope

Nary Sun is a registered nurse with a background in the
medical intensive care unit as well as outpatient settings.
What inspired her to write poetry is that “it helps her deal with all the
emotions that being in the healthcare entails from sadness and loss to
the joy of new life.”

Haiku: After the Laceration Repair

Phoebe Prioleau MD is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and have published creative work in Doximity, The Living Hand, Annals of Internal Medicine, and The Journal of Medical Humanities. She writes poetry as a way of holding on to patients and their stories and carving out space for them.

What A Life Can Fit

BIO: Monica Pernia Marin is a beginner poet and a board-certified physician in internal medicine, geriatrics, and palliative care. She is the winner of the Medmic Summer Poetry Contest 2024. She is currently a neuro-oncology fellow in NYC. 

Peace and Love for Gaza

Basman Aldirawi (also published under Basman Derawi) is a Palestinian physiotherapist, writer and poet from Gaza. he has contributed dozens of stories/poems to the online platform We Are Not Numbers and other platforms including ArabLit, Mondoweiss and Vivamost. Also, participated as a co-author in a book; Light in Gaza: Writings Born of Fire, 2022 and the Arabic poetry anthology; Gaza, the land of poetry, 2021.