• Empirical Therapy – Can’t You Just Treat It Doc?

    I have the privilege of evaluating patients and conversing with their families every day I’m in the hospital. Although I rarely meet healthy patients, I find tremendous satisfaction sitting on the floor with them in my consultation room, examining (and cuddling) them and chatting with their parents. As my patients are invariably…

  • When Pet Parents Pop The Question

    Pet parents pop the question to me multiple times per day. Unfortunately each time I can never answer them the way the want me to do so. Invariably I feel guilty when I give them my answer, but I know my response is the only fair one to give. Of…

  • Recommendations vs. Options – An Important Difference

    One of the best pieces of medical advice I ever received was from a board-certified veterinary surgeon at the hospital where I completed my internship after graduating from Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. The hospital was/is located in one of the most litigious parts of the country (Long Island,…