Walk with a Doc Est. 1967 Good morning! Hope your week has been treating you well. Friday! We have some exciting news. We’re changing the date that Walk with a Doc was started. Our team has been reading up on some notable events of the 20th century (Polio Vaccine, Discovery of Penicillin, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, etc). […]

Good morning! Hope you are enjoying the incredible weather. Despite all our attempts to protect our walkers from sharks, many weeks people say that want more “medical stuff” in our newsletter. They want more “science”. Well, we’re listening and this week is for you. My cardiology service call wraps up Monday am at 0700 and […]

Good morning! We come to you this morning not as alarmists, but as realists. Many of you are well aware that Shark Week on the Discovery Channel (DC) starts this Sunday. For the past 29 years, The DC has taken the last week in July to fill their programming lineup with sharks. Interestingly, there is always an uptick in […]

Good morning! How’s the holiday week? I’m sorry, I can’t wait to tell you about this cardiology office visit – crazy!! So, last Monday I’m all excited because I’ve got Michael Hunter scheduled for 9:45 in my office. It’s a routine yearly follow-up, but Holly (my RN) told me he had a lot to share… “Hey Michael. […]

The Seven Reasons My Dog has a Galaxy S8 Good morning! Some weeks we talk about medicine; others we don’t. If we could cut to the chase. I’ve been getting a lot of slack at the walk regarding the fact that my dog has a  Galaxy S8. I’m not deaf, I hear your comments. “Must be […]

New Music Policy To Take Effect Immediately Good morning! Hope this finds you well. We need to quickly apologize for the serious nature of this week’s newsletter and explain the new policy. On April 2nd (this year) we rolled out a music pilot study at 24 of our sites. We’re evaluating (1) number of steps taken, (2) […]

Good morning! Before we left Columbus for our meetings in NJ, I tried to make history. Let’s just say, it didn’t go well. I took careful notes that evening as I did not want to forget the day’s events. Here are my notes verbatim:This morning’s Tuesday’s clinic started like any other. It’s a sunny 74 […]

Good morning! Stay up late watching Game 1 last night? Halftime? Oh, that was smart because Golden State just kept running. It feels like it’s been a while – hope you have been good? This whole setting of a newsltter is kind of formal. If you want to chat, give me a call – 614.714.0407. I’m […]

Good morning! We encourage you all to practice mindfulness and enjoy every moment at work today. I say this because most of you won’t be allowed to come back until Tuesday. I’m sorry, did you just ask why there was no newsletter last week? No David, honestly I didn’t notice. Glad you asked! Rachael and I were honored […]

Good morning! What a beautiful, most-deserved weekend in store for the moms. Superfun week in Walk Land. Recently, Eric Robinson from Mount Sinai Hospital contacted us and shared they were going to going to add to the Walk With a Doc Love in NYC. Wow, Mount Sinai is home to the Editor-in-Chief of JACC and, […]