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Hospitalist Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, Spends Her Free Time Caring for Rescue Animals
November 25, 2016
Tracy Gulling-Leftwich, DO, believes caring for these animals balances her work in hospital medicine
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Trading Her Stethoscope for a Script Helps Hospitalist Rana Tan, MD, Find Balance
October 23, 2016
For years, much of Rana Tan's creativity had been bottled up and was ready to be unleashed. But how? The answer sat a few blocks away from Harrison: the Bremerton Community Theater.
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Thrill-Seeking Hospitalist Alleviates Stress Through Scuba Diving
May 1, 2016
Not much intimidates Jasen Gundersen, MD, president of the acute care services division at TeamHealth, an outsourcer of hospital-based clinical and specialty services based in Knoxville, Tenn. Besides traveling 150,000 miles a year overseeing 2,500 hospitalists at 285 facilities, Dr.
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Dr. Jaime Upegui, MD, Chats about Motorcycles, Skydiving, and Zen
January 6, 2016
[caption id="attachment_12608" align="alignright" width="234"] Jaime Upegui, MD[/caption] Movement is key to hospitalist Jaime Upegui, MD, who says riding a motorcycle is a lot like yoga, "you have to focus on the moment, the task at hand." Listen to more of our interview: [audio mp3="http://
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Hospitalist Jaime Upegui, MD, Links Passion for Work to Love of Motorcycle Travel, Sports, Dance
December 30, 2015
Hospitalist Jaime Upegui, MD, division president at Apogee Physicians in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, knows exactly what he wants to do when he retires years from now: sell everything he owns and ride his motorcycle around the world. So far, the 39-year-old physician leader has driven across the U.S.
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Hospitalist Lance Maki, MD, Spends Spare Time Tandem Surfing, Practicing Ballet
October 5, 2015
[caption id="attachment_11428" align="alignright" width="293"] Dr. Maki playing the part of Herr Drosselmeyer in the Nutcracker at the Cocoa Village (Fla.) Playhouse.Photo courtesy of the Galmont Ballet[/caption] Lance Maki, MD, has accomplished many things in his life.
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LISTEN NOW: Ruth Ann Crystal, MD, Pursues Documentary Film “Kitchen Table Deliveries”
August 10, 2015
Excerpts of The Hospitalist's interview with Dr. Ruth Ann Crystal, who is attempting to create a website with videos of historical medical practice. [audio mp3="http://www.the-hospitalist.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/RuthAnnCrystal_FINAL_040515.mp3"][/audio]
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Hospitalist Hopes to Build Website Featuring Stories about Delivering Babies in the 1950s
July 29, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10728" align="alignright" width="275"] A film crew captures Drs. Crystal and Johnson chatting between deliveries at Santa Clara (Calif.) Valley Hospital. Photo courtesy of Dr.
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Hospitalist Brian Chen, MD, Marries Medicine With Music
July 6, 2015
[caption id="attachment_10377" align="alignright" width="275"] Dr. Chen's favorite pieces are from the romantic period of classical music.[/caption] Most young boys dream about scoring touchdowns or being a superhero, combatting villains or evil aliens.
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Hospitalist Energized by Designing, Building Fighting Robots After Hours
January 7, 2015
“The box is locked, the lights are on. It’s robot fighting time. Sewer Snake charges first. He’s lifting Ragin Scotsman high in the air. Ragin Scotsman manages to escape his death grip and slams Sewer Snake against the wall. Oh no!
