Comments on: Med Peds

By: Anita

Anita — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:06 +0000

What a pleasure to read your post, and how true it is! All ages have their very own special things to share with us if we will only see them. I’m a senior and thankfully still working full time as a business broker but I also have a wonderful doctor like you. Thank God for people like you and my doctor and all the many other people in the medical profession that remain caring. I don’t know how you guys do it but I treasure you.

By: chris and vic

chris and vic — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:44:46 +0000

Rob, because you are willing to buy in to continuity of care across various ages and stages, you are rare and will be much sought-after, especially in the service of Children with Special Healthcare Needs (CSHCN).

Such children need the Medical Home approach. “Tranisition” (from pediatric providers to adult docs) for CSHCN is a huge issue–and your viewpoint solves that problem perfectly.

Chris and Vic

By: Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:13:23 +0000

This was utterly sweet and touching. More patients need to see this side of doctors.

By: SeaSpray

SeaSpray — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:46:40 +0000

Great post and you sound like a terrific doc. You obviously love what you do!

By: enrico

enrico — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:09:33 +0000

GREAT POST. I hope the future of our healthcare system continues to provide a sustainable and rewarding career for physicians such as yourself who are jacks of all trades and masters of more than a few.

BTW, the socks are pronounced “Medi Peds”–the caduceus makes the “dotted i.” I am not diabetic, don’t use this product, or have ever received compensation from this company, its subsidiaries or any direct competitors. However, I am not happy with the look of my cankles.

By: W

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:07:43 +0000

Thank you for this post. I’m having a difficult time starting my personal statement to apply to med-peds residency, and you’ve given me some stuff to think about. (Not that I’m going to copy what you wrote, but it’s giving me some inspiration.)

By: Wellesley

Wellesley — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:15:54 +0000

Add obstetrics and you’ll have the spectrum covered! Doing OB and gyn (as Family Docs do) is a great way to get those young adults into your clinic. It seems impossible to get young adult men to come in, though (maybe Med-Peds-Texas-Hold-Em would help with this).

By: Hilary

Hilary — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:13:22 +0000

I really enjoyed reading this. You sound like a wonderful doctor.

By: Susan C

Susan C — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:59:09 +0000

I keep trying to nudge my 19-year-old daughter away from her pediatrician (who’s cared for her since she was a chubby 9-month-old), but she’s fiercely loyal. She was there for strep throat last winter and sat in the waiting room with babies and toddlers. I suspect a lot of your patients develop that kind of loyalty.

I grew up in a small city in West Virginia. Dr. Rose delivered me and years later showed up in the ER on weekends when I broke my arm or gashed my eyelid. He also treated my middle-age parents.

By: Liz C

Liz C — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:49:25 +0000

But only if you wore them with black pants and shoes.

Lovely post. Your patients are lucky you have a distractible mind.