Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Good morning! There are several myths surrounding CAD. I love myths. One big one is that stents prevent heart attacks in patients suffering from stable angina – they don’t. Another is that pigeons blow up if they eat uncooked rice. Back to stents, they don’t prevent Jack Squat. Actually, they likely prevent you paying your hospital bills […]

  The Walk in Niles, OH has been meeting every month at the Edgewood Mall for the past 5 years. Shirley Lisk, WWAD Champion and Manager of St. Joe’s at the Mall, says, “Walk with the Doc has brought a new approach to doctor/patient relationships. Our participants are excited to hear from the doctors that come. […]

Good morning! Do you ever have those days when you know there’s an idea just a couple layers under the surface? Maybe a shower, maybe a cup of coffee, or maybe a walk will pop it? Maybe it won’t. This Monday night, around 8pm, I left the house barefoot, for a walk, on a mission to think […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Good evening! Thank you for joining us for Walk with a Doc Newsletter – Under The Lights Edition. Can you find a pattern in these bullet points? Dr. Annemarie Sommer Scholarship – Matriarch of our first WWAD chapter. Real-life Superhero. World-Class Geneticist. The reason that thousands of medical students around the […]

Walk with a Doc Newsletter Click here to take our survey (if you haven’t already). Thank you! Good morning! I had a pretty cool day in the office, Wednesday. There were the normal ups and downs but it is always buoyed by the patients’ appreciation when we invite them to Walk with a Doc. Jennifer, my last […]