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My Narrow Road Through Cyber-Medicine

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by David J. Elpern This essay is the basis of a talk delivered at the Jag Bhawan, M.D. Research Symposium held on July 6, 2015 at the Boston University School of Medicine. Abstract: Herein, I chronicle  a 25-year medical odyssey through the universe of personal and professional cyberspace. These explorations continue, but the author does not know the next ports-of-call;  He can only “hope the voyage is a long one,/full of adventure, full of discovery.” Keywords: cybermedicine, blogs, pathography, Cell 2 Soul, MedFlix, Pathography Blog, VGRD Word File:  My-Narrow-Road-Final PDF: The Narrow Road Through Cyber Medicine 7.15 PowerPoint: The Narrow Road – Jag Talk (this may take ~ 20 seconds … Continue reading →

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My Narrow Road through Deep Cyber-space

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This road – no one goes down it – autumn evenings. Basho  PDF for easier reading: The Narrow Road Through Cyber-Medicine Abstract: This essay describes a 25-year medical odyssey through the universe of cyberspace. It chronicles the author’s adventures with teledermatology, the medical humanities and the online medical literature. The explorations continue but the author does not know the next ports-of-call. He can only “hope the voyage is a long one,/full of adventure, full of discovery.”1Keywords: cybermedicine, blogs, pathography Forty years ago, when I decided to make dermatology my life’s work, the specialty was a far cry from what it has become. It was not then what I call and … Continue reading →

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Same-old, Same-old Grand Rounds

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“The student begins with the patient, continues with the patient, and ends his studies with the patient, using books and lectures as tools, as means to an end.” — Sir William Osler, Aequanimitas, 1905 Keywords:  grand rounds, incontenentia pigmenti, VGRD, academic medicine, continuing medical education, CME I recently attended a regional Dermatology Grand Rounds held at an academic medical center.  The first such meeting I attended was over 45 years ago.  The recent program featured live patient viewing of around 20 people with a variety of unusual skin disorders.  Around 150 – 200 dermatologists were present.  It started with a 1.5-hour patient-viewing during which we all trooped around the clinic … Continue reading →

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The Rudolph Sign

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The Rudolph Sign: Red Nose as a Sign of Nasal Infection [Dahle and Sontheimer reported a case of what they dubbed “nasal vestibular folliculitis” (NVF) in the Dermatology Online Journal1 in March of 2012.  We saw a similar patient in November 20122.  Our patient has provided his history here, to add to the literature on NVF.  With each new case, we will learn more about this emerging disorder.] “I’m an 81 years old man, and if I remember correctly, I initially noticed tiny growth(s) in my nostrils. They were annoying more than painful.  After a few days, my nose and face became swollen and painful (7 on the pain scale3).  That … Continue reading →

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