…and why it should. By Charles P Williams, MD, FACS, Bon Secours Surgical Specialists When laparoscopic surgery was introduced more than 25 years ago, it was heralded as a major advancement in the field of patient care. With video camera assistance and thin instrumentation, surgeons could perform certain procedures with incisions of no more than half an inch, rather than … [Read more...] about Why conventional laparoscopic surgery is becoming obsolete…
If it’s good enough for Astronauts, it must be good enough for all of us!
By Alan L. Wagner, MD, FACS Being able to determine how someone’s health is when that someone is far away requires knowing what to measure, how to measure it, and how to get that information where it needs to go. Our first American astronaut, John Glenn, had his blood pressure and heart rate measured in space during that inaugural flight, and ever since that … [Read more...] about If it’s good enough for Astronauts, it must be good enough for all of us!
Medical Update
Bringing the Specialist to the Bedside: A TELEMEDICINE UPDATE …what many patients still don’t know By Bobbie Fisher Many people consider telemedicine to be a relatively new concept, whereas it might be argued that the practice actually began the first time a physician returned a patient’s phone call and said, “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.” And while … [Read more...] about Medical Update
Lucy Kooiman, MSA
Administrative Director, Behavioral Health Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center When Lucy Kooiman was in the BSN program at Norfolk State University (2008, summa cum laude), she was frequently scolded by her teachers for spending too much time with her hospital patients. But she wanted to hear how they were doing, and to know how they came to be came to be so sick. Mostly, … [Read more...] about Lucy Kooiman, MSA
Jessica DeLong, MD, Urology of Virginia
In addition to a lifelong desire to help people by becoming a doctor, Jessica DeLong got the travel bug when she was young – which explains her double major in Biology and Spanish (UVA ’07). She did a semester abroad in Costa Rica, immersing herself in the language and culture. In medical school at EVMS and residency at the Lahey Clinic, followed by a fellowship in adult … [Read more...] about Jessica DeLong, MD, Urology of Virginia
