2020

Historical greetings, TVD friends, Juneteenth. I learned a lot about this last week. I hope you did too. Again, thank you to my team for opening my eyes. If you did not, I encourage you to read more here (on Wikipedia) or here (The New York Times). Also, Tulsa. May / June, 1921. The “burning

Reflective greetings, TVD friends, Juneteenth. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas, and announced the news of the proclamation to enslaved African Americans there. That coastal area of Texas, the most remote of the slave states, was the last to hear

Reflective greetings, TVD friends, Wow, we’ve hit TEN issues of CV🦠News to arrive in your email inbox. I don’t need to point out that these continue to be difficult days for our country, our community, and yes, even members of the TVD Team. Hard conversations are happening, followed by tears, and the sharing of truly

Thoughtful greetings, TVD friends, Here we are, the ninth issue of CV🦠News to hit your email inbox. But different this week is the convulsion that our country is in, pushing even the coronavirus pandemic to the back burner. I have mentioned our remarkable team many times in these pages, but with this issue I want

Healthy greetings, TVD friends! Here is the eighth issue of CV🦠News to hit your email inbox. Two months of weekly newsletters during these interesting “pandemic times”. Again, thank you to all five of our physicians, and also the various contributors to our Hope and Grace page, a collection of works and perspectives gathered from around

Warm greetings, Friends of TVD! Here is the seventh issue of CV🦠News to hit your email inbox. Time, even “pandemic time”, continues to pass quickly (at least here at The Village Doctor). Again, thank you to all five of our physicians, and also the various contributors to our Hope and Grace page, a collection of

Digital greetings, Friends of TVD! Here is the sixth issue of CV🦠News. It is remarkable to me how quickly time, even “pandemic time,” is passing. Again, thank you to all five of our physicians, and also the various contributors to our Hope and Grace page, a collection of works and perspectives gathered from around the

Greetings, Friends of TVD! Here we are, the fifth issue of CV🦠News! Again, thank you to all five of our physicians, and also the various contributors to our Hope and Grace page, a collection of works and perspectives gathered from around the world.  And, one last reminder that our Coronavirus FAQ page has undergone a

Healthy greetings, Friends of TVD! Here we are, the fourth issue of CV🦠News! Again, thank you to all five physicians at The Village Doctor for their brainstorming and contribution to this newsletter effort, thank you Drs. Abrams, Phillips, Pittson, and Sangani. Let me again give thanks to the various contributors to our Hope and Grace

Greetings Friends of TVD! We hope this note finds you all well, staying home these past cozy, rainy days, not spending too much time on social media nor the news, and now that the sun is out, getting outside for a breath of fresh air. As many of you know, we’ve been working hard at

Thank you to my friend and colleague, Dr. Benny Gavi, with whom we will be jointly sending out a weekly update. This will be based on our participation in Stanford “Town Halls” in both Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine and other news we glean over the week. Our thoughts from this past week: OVERALL Coronavirus