former Program Director IM @southbkhealth and Cardiologist @NYCHealthSystem current Cardiologist @GC_Health & Professor of Medicine @Griffith_health🇱🇰🇺🇸🇦🇺
@HeartOTXHeartMD I love it
PGY 35 here too finished medicine 1991
And it’s so remarkable the same principles
I still feel so good to wake up and go to work and my best moments are at the bedside
All the best Irwin
During my recent visit to London for examining for PACED I picked up a book written by one of my former fellows and colleagues from Brooklyn, Deepak on the flight from Australia . I simply could not put it down.
Deepak shares a journey that none of us would ever wish to face—yet
eepak shares a journey that none of us would ever wish to face—yet he recounts it with remarkable honesty, courage, and grace. From a routine day in clinical practice, his life changed suddenly, leading to a two-year battle marked by nearly every complication one might encounter.
Deepak, you have not only lived an extraordinary journey—you have captured it with authenticity and heart. Your story is a powerful reminder to all of us in healthcare of what truly matters.
His humility in retraining after moving to Brooklyn, and his eventual success—serving and transforming cardiology care in a smaller city in Louisiana—are truly inspiring. Life, in many ways, comes full circle, bringing him back to South Brooklyn at Maimonides Medical Center.
What makes this book especially powerful is the richness of his story beyond illness. His reflections on childhood, his early life, and his journey to London to pursue the MRCP are vivid and relatable. His descriptions of East Ham, the challenges faced, and the resilience require
Sri Lankan‑born baker Sithamparappillai Jegatheepan was mobbed by congratulating customers at his bakery in southern Paris, a day after winning the capital's coveted best traditional baguette prize on his first attempt
@SeeFisch Why cut med school from 4 years to 3? America risks destroying one of its greatest assets: world-class medical education and training - A truly bad idea.
1️⃣ Lambl‘s excrescences - appear downstream (on the aortic surface of AV)
2️⃣ AV Endocarditis - vegetations appear upstream (on the ventricular surface of AV)
#echofirst
Thanks for sharing @NephroP
Vilém Dušan Lambl 1824 - 1895