Our California countdown is T-4 days. We fly from Logan to LAX on Friday night. Recently, I read the Penn Medicine Alumni Magazine article about gun violence in Philadelphia. It made me remember a patient I helped take care of during my medical student trauma surgery rotation at the Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaContinue reading “Gun violence – a Reckoning”
Author Archives: Philip A. Lederer MD
Tirzepatide
Our California countdown is at T-5 days. Recently, I took a look at the new JAMA study, Effect of Subcutaneous Tirzepatide vs Placebo Added to Titrated Insulin Glargine on Glycemic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes – The SURPASS-5 Randomized Clinical Trial, and I have some thoughts. First, the management of type 2 diabetesContinue reading “Tirzepatide “
COVID-19 as an Endemic Disease
Our California countdown is at T-6 days. Meanwhile, yesterday I listened to the New England Journal of Medicine audio interview with Drs. Eric Rubin and Lindsay Baden, two of my attendings from my infectious diseases fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The podcast was entitled “COVID as an Endemic Disease.” One point of emphasis fromContinue reading “COVID-19 as an Endemic Disease”
Let science guide mask-wearing in schools
My letter in today’s Boston Globe:
California Countdown: 7 days
So I’m starting to get excited about our trip to Los Angeles – it’s hard to believe we’re going in one week. I’ll believe it when the airplane touches down at LAX. Here in Boston, yesterday felt a bit like spring, and I enjoyed bumping into Colin Turner on my jog to Jamaica Pond. InContinue reading “California Countdown: 7 days”
California Dreamin’
Eureka! We’re heading to Los Angeles on Friday, February 18th for school vacation after a long Boston winter of cold, and California Dreaming. I first went to California in 1996 for a great trip with my parents and loved walking at Fort Funston, San Francisco; in Sausalito; and in the Marin Highlands in the RedwoodContinue reading “California Dreamin’”
Challenges confront Boston Public Schools amid leadership shakeup
Things are changing in the Boston Public Schools with the impending departure of the superintendent. Of concern is the fate of the most marginalized students within the BPS, especially kids in special education, those who are experiencing homelessness, Black and Brown students, and immigrants. Mayor Michelle Wu has an opportunity to engage the community toContinue reading “Challenges confront Boston Public Schools amid leadership shakeup”
Practice Makes Perfect?
I started learning the violin at age 3, and am still studying it at the age of 41. Lately, I have been taking jazz lessons with Rob Flax, a terrific improviser who studied at the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC). I’m learning a lot. However, I’m not certain my playing is improving as fastContinue reading “Practice Makes Perfect?”
Protesting COVID inequities in America and globally
Today, it’s another Moral Monday. On past Moral Mondays I read the names of the COVID dead outside the Massachusetts State House with colleagues, and at home on my Youtube channel. Today I will continue this protest, reading more names and will push a little farther. Here is a video I made calling for healthContinue reading “Protesting COVID inequities in America and globally”
We Shall Overcome
Structural racism is a public health crisis. News reports this past week about a Neo-Nazi demonstration targeting two members of the Harvard Medical School community, Drs. Michelle Morse and Bram Wispelwey, were distressing. Michelle and I were classmates at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and I have the highest respect for her. We mustContinue reading “We Shall Overcome”
Philip A. Lederer 