Right off the top, I apologize for the obviousness of the Mr. Spock reference. I couldn’t resist! A few months ago I was invited by Robert Kirsner, MD, PhD and Stephanie Wu, DPM to write a chapter on “Antimicrobial Therapy” …
Read more →
I am just back from the APMA National in Seattle. During the meeting not only did we have a successful Book Signing for the 3rd Edition but I also discussed this blog during both of my lectures to large audiences …
Read more →Those of you who have read my chapter on MRSA in the 3rd Edition of the Handbook of Lower Extremity Infections (haven’t you all by now?!) or listened to me lecture about MRSA know that I am less than happy …
Read more →I know that this title seems like I am tying in a number of fairly diverse topics but hear me out on this one. I was browsing through USA Today while sitting in an airplane last week and came across …
Read more →In the July 2010 issue of Consumer Reports there is a short (less than one page) “5-Minute Consult” article from the magazine’s chief medical advisor Marvin Lipman, MD entitled “Treating Toenail Fungus”. Overall, I think it is a well written …
Read more →There is a small group of us that, when we find an interesting article dealing with infections, we pass them on so we can all be stay up to date. Some of the journals are fairly obscure and are not …
Read more →I will be in Columbus, OH for the Region IV (Ohio) meeting to lecture on June 3, 2010. I have been given the “Learning Lunch” spot from 12:00 to 1:30 and plan on covering a broad range of lower extremity …
Read more →The following is from the text I sent to Podiatry Today Magazine for an upcoming feature they are planning on Innovations in Podiatry. I really feel that molecular diagnosis of infection has the potential to change the way we diagnose …
Read more →I just returned from a lecture trip to Turkey where I had the privilege of giving 5 talks, one in the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya at a nationwide Hospital Infection Congress and 4 to the faculties at various medical …
Read more →Up to this point I have resisted using this blog as a “social networking” tool to just post pictures of myself lecturing someplace or another. It has been my contention that readers of this site are interested in new science …
Read more →