From the Editor: The Paclitaxel Paradox
As medical editor of Vascular Specialist, it has always been my hope to use our excellent reporters and rapid production schedule to keep readers abreast of the latest news in vascular surgery. While my colleagues at the Journal of Vascular Surgery publish studies that will drive treatment, my goal is to drive discussion.
From the Editor: The Shadow Curriculum of U.S. Medical Schools
BY MALACHI G. SHEAHAN III, MD MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST
Spend a morning in my clinic and it becomes clear that many U.S. medical schools have no formal training in vascular disease. Certainly the symptoms of PAD are never taught; otherwise, why am I being referred so many patients with spinal stenosis? Some days I would have more use for an MRI than for my vascular lab. Then again, reviewing the aftermath of patients “treated” by other specialties, maybe some are better off going undiagnosed.
From the Editor: Death of a Sales Pitch
From the Editor: An Open Letter to our Hospital Consultants
From the Editor: I Want You to Do My Job
From the Editor: OPIOIDS AND US: Designed to Fail
BY MALACHI SHEAHAN III, MD DEPUTY MEDICAL EDITOR, VASCULAR SPECIALIST
AIDS, the Vietnam War, whatever your preferred scale for measuring horrific events, the numbers from the opioid crisis are as grave or worse. And, once again, it is the young who are dying. How we got to this point is an unbelievable story of corporate greed, government incompetence, regulatory commission overreach, and, unfortunately, physician ignorance.
From the Editor: I Am Not Your Burnout Expert
From the Editor: It's Time for Us to Talk About Guns
From the Editor: Gods and Monsters
BY MALACHI SHEAHAN III, MD
For the first time in history, four generations of physicians work side by side in the U.S. health care system. An expanding population, longer life expectancies and later retirement ages all contribute to this phenomenon. Each of these generations has made significant contributions to modern surgery and how we practice it. For better and for worse.