Resident in the combined Emergency and Internal Medicine program at Kings County Hospital and SUNY Downstate Medical Centers.
A 42 year old, HIV positive man (not on HAART therapy) is brought in by his brother because “the skin on his head is turning into smelly frosting”. The patient’s brother tells you that he too has had “the itch” for a week… You look at the brother’s hands and Read more…
A 32 year old woman rolls into the ER on a quiet springtime afternoon – you are told that she had just had a tonic clonic seizure. She took a sabbatical after finishing her EM/IM residency and opened a moonshine distillery on Nostrand and Church. She typically “tastes” one pint of Read more…
A 52 year old man is brought in by EMS with complaints of altered mental status. Family says that he has been recently feeling palpitations and diaphoresis and collapsed in his chair today. On further questioning you gather that the patient has always been very skinny, anxious and sweaty. He recently went to his Read more…