Living his truth
Eleven years ago, David Rabadi had a public breakdown on the Cross County Parkway. Today, he helps others overcome the stigma of mental illness and being rejected as a gay Arab.
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Mending broken hearts
Srihari S. Naidu, MD – director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories and of the Hypertrophic Cardiomyophathy Center of Excellence at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla – is world-renowned as an interventional cardiology expert in minimally invasive treatments of heart disease.
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Healing, an art and a science
Written by Janet T. Langham Some people believe that healing is an art. Others assert it is a science. I prefer to think of healing…
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Pucillo’s hearty outcomes
It was the Thursday before Labor Day in 2004 when Dr. Anthony Pucillo — whose practice deals primarily with coronary artery disease and peripheral…
Read MoreHands-on medicine
Photograph by Bob Rozycki Versatile, tireless, swift and nimble, our two hands are vital assets to daily existence. Working alone or in tandem, they…
Read MoreLocal Doc Hero to Haiti
If you’re like me, you know Good Samaritans who trekked to Haiti after the infamous earthquake of 2010. But if you’re like Dr. Ron…
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The Little Hospital that Could
The days and months following Haiti’s 7.0-magnitude earthquake summoned an epic and immediate international relief effort. But when most good stewards departed Port-au-Prince once…
Read MoreOne singular sensation
Surgery is medicine’s great production, a scrupulous dance in stainless steel where players are sterile and scrubbed. And when a character arrives after a…
Read MoreSucceeding against all odds
Today, more young women than ever are dazzled by the idea of becoming doctors. They dominate medical schools as they do many other professional schools and higher education in general. It’s a far cry from 150 years ago when Elizabeth Blackwell made history as the first woman admitted to an American medical school. And it’s a far cry from the early 1970s when I applied to medical school in the midst of a changing society.
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