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Every once in awhile I get out. Last night it was to a fashion show. This may seem completely random to you. Trust me, it is absolutely and completely random, and irrelevant to Medicine. But, it is my sincere hope that you are perhaps tired of medicine and academics today, and that you are, some how, unaccountably more interested in the world of fashion.

It should be said that 5 minutes before I knew that I was going, I put on my tiro t-shirt. Respect. If the fashionistas of the world are going to tout their latest creative expressions, I should be entitled to represent the rather dapper website that I am apart of.

The show took place at the Modern Museum of Art here in Phoenix. Thus, it was a double dose of today’s modernisms, which was great for me, because I have little exposure to the outside world. That is, I have little exposure to the creative elements outside of what we’re doing at Tiromed. In all honesty, I find these atmospheres re-energizing and it’s a nice break from the intensities of being an admin (yah, I said “intensities” plural).

Now I did mention I had my Tiro-shirt on. However, I was wearing my non-matching Adidas jumpsuit pants. This, I believe, violated several, fundamental fashion mandates tacitly assumed that night. Needless to say, I got a lot of quizzical looks. But, looking back on it, I think a few fashion Czars actually thought I was breaking new ground in the world of couture. I mean, how often do you see a guy in bold Adidas leisure at a fashion event?

The show was pretty amazing. The cat walk was in full effect. So was the DJ.

Strapped with only a camera phone, I did my best to document the night.

What does this have to do with Medicine you ask? I’m not exactly positive. I guess the point is that your humble narrator and admin got out and saw a little bit of a world-to-be-otherwise-missed. I encourage all you student doctors and physicians to do the same. You don’t have to mingle with the Czars of Fashion but do venture out, O ye my people. And, on your excursions into the unknown, go random and go wild.

-Max

I just was over at the Mayo Clinic (AZ) interviewing cardiologist John Lynch, M.D. (the interview will be up soon!) and that went really well. Sometimes I feel a little trepidation when asking physicians to share their time and academic and professional experiences with me. But time and time again, I realize that 100% of the physicians I speak with are really stoked on the Tiromed mission (yeah!); all enjoy sharing their knowledge and giving back to the community in this way.

So this is a call to all you premeds and student doctors to approach the physicians you would most like to engage with! They are definitely busy and are pressed for time, but once you get over that and speak with them, you’ll find that most enjoy helping you.

After speaking with Dr. Lynch, I was compelled by the field of non-invasive cardiology. He makes some interesting predictions about the future of cardiology, so all those aspiring-to-be-cardiologists stay tuned!

At some point, I’ve got to get up in the administrative/governance depts of the Mayo Clinic here. The clinic has a legendary history and I just have to schedule a talk with the senior management (oh boy) to learn more about it’s past and future initiatives. I wonder if getting the CEO to speak to me is a feasible idea . . . hmmmmm . . . mission impossible or mission conceivable?

-max

Do you know those cosmic moments when it feels like you are experiencing something destined? Everything crystallizes around you, time stops and a powerful clarity electrifies the air . . .

That was me 2 weeks ago at the 22nd National Conference on Wilderness Medicine in Colorado. Wilderness Medicine people, Wilderness Medicine! (sorry for the delayed coverage! we’ve been very busy!)

The first lecture that completely awed me was call “Wild Animal Attacks” and it was presented by Dr. Luanne Freer of the Wilderness Medical Society. There was video footage of a rodeo jockey stripped naked and buoyed around by a merciless bull. Then a bison goring a man and tossing him 15ft into the air. Then an angry elk basically tap dancing on a luckless pedestrian who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Then, oh boy, still photos of a camper who encountered a brown bear with her cub. His head resembled a dented and dripping soup can.

But by far the worst was the photo of human left overs after a bear attack. Aghhh . . . imagine a human leg, eerily ravished of muscle, propped up in the wilderness. Absolutely ghastly. It took a day or two for the nightmares to set in.

But accompanying the gore was the presence of real Medicine. Not Medicine in the technological-ornation of a futuristic OR we’re accustomed to. No, Medicine of the wild. Real doctors dealing with life-threatening trauma in the middle of nowhere. To say that Wilderness Medicine is “hardcore” misses the mark.

The skill sets Wilderness Medicine physicians wield are awesome. It’s hard to feel anything but reverence for WM once you get your head around it. I encourage everyone to check out the Wilderness Medical Society.

In light of my personal exposure to Wilderness Medicine I decided to write a Howie and Minh story with the WM theme. Check it out in the next few days!

-Max

The Official 2007 UTH MED Dodgeball Championship Promo! Get ready, it’s dodgeball season!

Kenneth Kim M.D. is Pediatric Critical Care physician. He and his family live in California.

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