Early this morning, I turned on the John Denver station on Pandora to keep me company and inspired as I caught up on life and emails and updated a talk on Wilderness Medicine (WM) I gave to medical students today. Reviewing the slides for this “Overview of WM” took me on a sweet stroll down memory lane into how I landed in this wild niche of…
Whenever I travel, I keep a detailed itinerary on the notepad on my phone. I also use it as a place to jot down thoughts or memories from the experience. Sometimes there’s not a whole lot to write, and I delete the note at the end of the trip. But on some trips, it turns…
Emergency Medicine residency training, an MPH from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and years of practicing medicine in Africa prior to the fall of 2014 prepared long-time Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) member Dr. Craig Spencer, to be part of the international emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in 2014. While we watched the epidemic…
It’s Been a Crappy Couple of Weeks
I recently returned from our annual Wilderness Medical Society (WMS) summer meeting, where I spent some quality time with some Mega-Smart people. This year we joined forces with the International Society for Travel Medicine (ISTM) in Jackson Hole, WY, hosting over 500 attendees for five high-value content days learning about everything from advances in Frostbite Management to The Border…
Multiple Generations of Wilderness Medicine Physicians Last week was a sweep for Wilderness Medicine In Philly. It began on Thursday when Dr. Paul Auerbach, one of the founding members of the Wilderness Medical Society and the author of the academic text Wilderness Medicine gave a two-hour Grand Rounds at Jefferson entitled “Earthquake! The Stanford Response to Haiti 2010.”…
From the 2013 Travel Journal – The WMS CME Trek to Everest Base Camp Part 8 of There Are Signs Everywhere Safe and sound at JFK after three weeks on this awesome epic zen adventure. Thanks to my friends and colleagues, the WMS and Peak Promotions for making it work, helping clear the schedule, setting me up…
From the 2013 Travel Journal – The WMS CME Trek to Everest Base Camp Part 7 of There Are Signs Everywhere “And then there were ten” (almost nine) Everything turned out all right in the end. But it had been an eventful 24 hours or so. Our down trekking days proved to be, in ways,…
On the Eve of the 2014 Climbing Season, a Look Back at the 2013 Journey to Everest Basecamp The Prep One pair of down booties, one already worn Lonely Planet, a steri-pen (with extra batteries), one borrowed tripod for my camera that can’t take a bad picture (dressed to the nines with the new insanely…
A little over a year ago, a last-minute invitation landed in my inbox to lead a Wilderness Medicine Course. It was a CME (Continuing Medical Education) while trekking to Everest Basecamp. The original trip leader was sick and wouldn’t be able to make the trek. For about a week the invitation sat in my inbox, until…
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