I am honing my storytelling craft after thirty years as an emergency physician, mother, and observer of the human condition. I will be creating new entries and pulling in some of my published works. Thanks for coming along.

After Emergency Medicine…

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/28/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/28/21

#5 Review: The Beauty in Breaking

I review another addition to the crowded field of medical memoirs. Michele Harper MD covers a lot of ground and raises important issues in her first book: The Beauty in Breaking.

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/19/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/19/21

#4 The Unvaccinated are not Difficult Patients

Physicians and nurses in the Emergency Department are losing patience with people who are refusing or hesitant to accept vaccination. How can we approach all of our patients with curiosity and compassion to begin collaborative care?

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/12/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/12/21

#3 The Wright Stuff: Visiting the Wright Brothers National Memorial

I made a late summer visit to the Wright Brothers Memorial in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. There are some valuable lessons about the experiments of the famous brothers, their sister, and the pitfalls of a monument built on a sand dune.

Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/7/21 Dr. Joan Naidorf 9/7/21

#2 Nail Trephination – part 2

Revisiting the finger flambe blog post made me remember the very first experience I had, as a patient myself, with nail trephination. I had nearly forgotten about this experience.