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Hi!  I am Dr. Rob.

I am a primary care physician from the Southeastern United States.  Yes, I am a real doctor.  Here are some other facts about me:

• I am a father of four children.
• I am board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
• I am bad at bowling, but would like to be better.
• I have lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Georgia.
• I don’t like mushrooms.  They are just too slimy for me.
• I play multiple musical instruments, including Piano, Cello, and Guitar.
• I started college as a voice major.
• I am an early adopter of Electronic Medical Records and have been awarded for our implementation of them in our practice.  I have given talks about this subject across the country.
• I don’t have psychic powers – I am not that Doctor Rob.
• I have been diagnosed with ADHD.  My staff agrees with this diagnosis.
• Oprah is jealous and has so far boycotted this blog.
• I recently had my gallbladder out.  It wasn’t that bad, but the scars kind of look like bugs.
• Llamas and goats have mysteriously become an important part of my blog.  I am not sure who invited them, but they keep showing up.
• I accidentally deleted this page, so had to rewrite it.  I do stuff like that sometimes.  Still, I think I am a pretty good doc.  I have never deleted a patient by mistake.
• My feet are size 10.5
• I wear sandals when I see patients.  They get mad at me if I don’t wear sandals.  I think they like having an eccentric doctor.
• Penguins don’t impress me.
• I am the recipient of far more grace than I deserve.
• I have very little patience for those pesky muskrats.
• I once creamed everyone in a game of SPUD.  I usually lost, though, because I can’t run very fast.
• I am working on a book.  Inflicting my writing on a limited group of people is not enough for me; I want to terrify millions.

So sit back and enjoy the blog.  I hope you grow from the experience.  I know I haven’t.

House Call Doctor

I have been asked to join the Quick and Dirty Tips crew and have done a podcast since the summer of 2009 called “The House Call Doctor.”  Through this network, Grammar Girl (no, not Glamour Girl) became one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes.  I am very excited about this opportunity to reach a whole lot more people.

The goals of the podcast are:

• To explain medical information in a way that is easy to understand.
• To do the above without them falling asleep while driving or other dangerous tasks.
• To give accurate medical information where there is much misinformation being given.
• To maybe be on Oprah like Grammar Girl once was.

Dr. Rob’s Shenanigans

I have appeared in many places for many reasons.  Some of my “fame” surprises me.  Anyway, if you want to see more of Dr. Rob (after you see a psychiatrist), here are some of the places to look:

• NY Times Health Blog
  • Featured post on obesity
  • Featured post on rules doctors should follow
  • Featured post on rules patients should follow
• LA Times – Listed as a “top ten” blogs.  They forgot to add “to avoid.”
• American Medical Association – Ethics article
• Physicians Practice Pearls – weekly newsletter for which I am regular contributor
• MedPage Today – Musings is featured blog
• ReachMD – on XM Radio (Requires login)
  • Interview regarding “doctor’s rules” post
  • Interview regarding “patient rules” post
• This American Life – Interviewed by Ira Glass (nice guy) about the lunacy of medical coding.
• I have mysteriously been an “expert” contributor to several articles in Glamour Magazine. Perhaps it was those pictures of me flexing that I sent.
• American College of Physicians Health Blog – regular contributor.
• The Health Care Blog – regular contributor.
• Member of the Better Health medical blogger network.
• New England Journal of Medicine article on social media.
• ACP Hospitalist article on (you guessed it) social media.