Genevieve Friedman

A Q&A ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris

MedPage Today asked some of our columnists and advisory board members for their summer book recommendations. Here’s what they shared.Tornado of Life: A Doctor’s Journey through Constraints and Creativity in the ER by Jay Baruch, MDIn Tornado of Life, Jay Baruch recounts the stories of the eclectic group of patients he meets as an emergency department physician. He explores medicine as an exercise in storytelling, and struggles to find truth in the stories his patients tell him. For example, when…

A Q&A with a physician who got a taste of Hollywood

A Q&A with the head physician for the San Francisco 49ers

Welcome to Medical Mavericks, a series from MedPage Today featuring interviews with healthcare professionals working in unconventional fields of health and medicine.We spoke with Deirdre McCormack, MBBCh-BAO, a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and a remote medicine-trained physician, about her experience volunteering at Mount Everest Base Camp.McCormack completed her initial schooling and training at University College Galway in Ireland, but she always had a deep i…

Welcome to Medical Mavericks, a new series from MedPage Today featuring interviews with healthcare professionals working in unconventional fields of health and medicine.We spoke with Anna Fisher, MD, MS, a retired NASA astronaut, about her transition from emergency medicine to becoming a medical officer and mission specialist in space.After working as a candy-striper in high school, Fisher became the first person in her family to attend college -- and later, medical school. In 1977, after grad…

Welcome to Medical Mavericks, a new series from MedPage Today featuring interviews with healthcare professionals working in unconventional fields of health and medicine.To kick off the series, we spoke with Philip Kampmann, MD, head emergency physician at Oktoberfest. First held in Munich, Germany in 1810, Oktoberfest has since evolved into an annual event celebrated around the world. The festival lasts 16 to 18 days and honors Bavarian culture with beer steins and wine, festival rides, traditio…