On the lighter side
Doctor’s Opinions on Financial Bail Out Package The Allergists voted to scratch it. The Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it. The Neurologists thought the administration had a lot of nerve. The Obstetricians felt they were laboring under a misconception. The Ophthalmologists considered the idea short sighted. The Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!” The Pediatricians said, “Oh, grow up!” The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness....
read moreWinter Missions Breakfast
Please set aside the date and sign up now for our Winter Missions Breakfast coming up on Saturday, January 24th, from 9-11 am at the Rochester Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. We’re going to have a smorgasbord of local speakers (including 3 URMC residents, a nurse, and a faculty pharmacologist) who’ll be talking about missions experiences and opportunities from El Salvador to Honduras, by way of Jordan and India, so don’t miss this one! Please mark your calendars and RSVP using our Response page. Be sure to note...
read moreGlory to God in the Highest!
Merry Christmas from the Morehouses! We deeply appreciate all your support and look forward to serving together with you in the coming year. Click here to read our holiday...
read moreCMDA Winter Conference
Greetings from CMDA’s Northeast Office! I hope this note finds you well! I am writing to remind you about the 2009 Winter Conference sponsored by CMDA’s Northeast Region and Medical Campus Outreach of Philadelphia. This annual conference brings together followers of Christ in healthcare from across the northeast to explore what it means for a person to re-integrate who they are as a person of faith and a healthcare professional. This is a great opportunity to hear good teaching from a respected colleague who will present stories from his own...
read moreView from Stanford
A young medical student at Stanford University stood before the table of RZIM [Ravi Zacharias International Ministries] books and resources beaming. “We don’t see these things very often,” he said, clarifying, “Not books; there’s no shortage of books. I mean Christianity without the hostility.” He proceeded to describe students and friends who deride the possibility of possessing both faith and intellect, medical professors who actually apologize when the language of design inadvertently slips into lectures on the body, and the isolation that...
read moreA thought experiment
Our perfectly designed US healthcare system The interregnum between a presidential election and the inauguration is a time of feverish activity, in which the president elect and his staff decide who will help them govern and what they will try to do first. The press and pundits speculate breathlessly on who will be appointed and what they will do first. As I write this, for example, we have just learnt that the new administration’s secretary of health and human services is likely to be a respected former US senator, Tom Daschle. He has...
read moreBe present
Practice presenceBreathe in the squeaky cry of a too-thin infantdirt blowing off the road in your eyesthe pain of having too little to give Breathe out flaming bougainvilleathe sun fading behind the hillmagic of medicine on an infected hand Breathe in poverty and pain and confusionthe ache of tip-toeing on another’s sufferingBreathe out fresh watermelonHonduran coffee in the morninga game of duck-duck-goose. Breathe in the guilt of problems unanswered,wasted time, a broken worldBreathe out a new friendship and a fresh coat of paint. Practice...
read moreIn Memory of Bill Kamell
A ‘Compassionate, devoted’ man Canandaigua, NY — Compassionate caregiver, doting grandfather, man of deep and profound faith. These are just some of the ways family and friends will remember Dr. William M. Kamell, a longtime area orthopedic surgeon who died Oct. 16 at the age of 63. Dr. Kamell had such a deep and abiding passion for life, they said, that he still found reasons to celebrate even as a rare auto-immune condition robbed him of the things he loved to do. “He affirmed that life is good and worth living,” said Dr. Kamell’s oldest...
read moreTrip to Honduras
URMC to provide help in Honduras by Justina Wang. Democrat & Chronicle Staff writer Next month, about a dozen University of Rochester Medical Center doctors, nurses and students will travel to Honduras to repair water filters, build cook stoves, hand out school supplies and talk with impoverished families. It’s not pure medical work, but they believe their helping hands could do more for the health of people in developing countries than any stethoscope or needle. “It’s so easy to see there that if you don’t have...
read moreFall MD Breakfast
Our next Breakfast will be held on Saturday morning, October 18th, from 9-11 am at the Academy of Medicine, 1441 East Avenue. Christian counselor Charlie Coté will be speaking about “Coping with the Impact of Grief.” In addition to insights from his professional practice, Charlie has a deeply moving personal testimony to share. Please mark your calendars and RSVP using our Response page. Be sure to note location (click here for Directions to the Academy of...
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