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DJP Update 6-12-2016: Unable to attend AMA Annual Meeting; this video contains the message I would have shared to anyone interested in my views.

DJP Update 6-12-2016: Unable to attend AMA Annual Meeting; this video contains the message I would have shared to anyone interested in my views.

For multiple reasons, including my recent neck injury secondary to being in a car accident when our car was stopped and another car crashed into the rear of our car, I am not at AMA Annual Meeting.

This 24 minute speech captures what I try to teach medical students, doctors, and lawmakers in addition to the importance of medical liability reform.

Leadership in Medicine: Tales from The Little Red Book of Leadership Lessons – YouTube from Donald Palmisano’s Tweet

Alternative link:
https://t.co/ZuKEu8S7ip

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Unable attend @AmerMedicalAssn ann. mt; 1st time in 33 yrs. My message: Med Ethics key. ⬇️Gov in Med; more: https://t.co/ZuKEu8S7ip #AMAmtg
6/11/16, 9:32 AM

Thanks to AAPS for posting video in a tweet on Memorial Day to honor Bud Lomell and other heroes.
AAPSonline
This D-Day rewatch Leadership in Medicine talk by @DJPNEWS. Includes lessons learned from Normandy hero Bud Lomell. https://t.co/9D3oXDbx13
6/6/16, 11:57 PM

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Tired of PPACA (ACA)? Frustrated by MACRA? Wish you could spend more time with patients rather than electronic medical records designed by regulators for other purposes? ADVOCATE for the right to balance bill what the patient and doctor agree regardless of the payor of insurance (long-standing AMA policy). Stop going along to get along. Withdraw support for failed government policies distorting the practice of Medicine. Review my 6 Commandments of Medicine.

Stay well and be safe. Unfortunately the world is becoming more dangerous as obvious by terror attacks. Increase your vigilance and protect your loved ones.

We have been the land of the free only because of the brave. Never forget that.

Donald

AMA President 2003-2004

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DJP Update 11-16-2015: 1- R.I.P. Dr. Gustavo A. Colón; 2. The world on alert: Terrorism

1- R.I.P. Dr. Gustavo A. Pirulo Colón June 14, 1938 – November 12, 2015

Dr. Gus Colon passed away on November 12, 2015. I visited him just before he died and told him how much love there was for him. I told him he was the best of the best. The American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. has a beautiful tribute to Gus at the link immediately below. Be sure to read it. Thanks to Dr. Mark Constantian for sharing that link.

Gus was a talented plastic surgeon, a great artist whose office had compelling works he painted, an awesome stand-up comic who could keep medical audiences laughing and laughing, a fascinating historian who could mesmerize audience, and much more. He was my intern briefly in the early 60s and he and I often reflected on our first meeting in the Charity Hospital Emergency Room. Most of all, Gus was a kind loving man who treasured family and friends. He always was the first to offer help with any problem. He will be missed. Robin and I extend our sincere condolences to his family.

http://aestheticsociety.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/r/21AF490460B744E52540EF23F30FEDED/15838AB224799A6B907C5D7C792C0FF8

Here is the published newspaper obituary:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=gustavo-a-pirulo-coln&pid=176507081&fhid=5630

In this obituary the time and place for the services are listed:

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at 12:30pm at St. Clement of Rome Catholic Church, 4317 Richland Ave, Metairie 70002. Visitation at the church will begin at 10:30 am until service time.
2- Terrorism abounds in the world and the latest horror happened to innocents in Paris. It is time to show true leadership. Identify the cause. Eliminate it. Can’t do half-way measures. Otherwise it continues and will strike repeatedly.

Here is one of my tweets about terrorists in Paris:

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Sad. #Terrorism : identify and eliminate. True #Leadership needed and not just poll-tested words. Vive la France! https://t.co/JulJ9mjBX5
11/13/15, 4:25 PM

Surely it is time to focus on this evil and have a strategy to eliminate it. The world truly is a dangerous place in 2015 and leadership is needed.

There are many opinions about what to do next. Here are some comments from a former chair of AMA’s Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA), Rob Tenery, MD:

http://robtenerymd.com/blog.php

You may agree or disagree with Dr. Tenery but a full debate with FACTS is needed. Are we at war? If war, then no half-way measures. Our brave soldiers are at risk if we don’t give them a clear mission with full support. You can be certain that the terrorists are planning a Paris-like attack on America this very moment. Washington, D.C.? New York City again? Blowing the levees in New Orleans to recreate Katrina destruction? Time to end the political preening.

Stay well!

Donald

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DJP Update 11-2-2015 Norman, Oklahoma – Boston, Gloucester, New York City, and New Orleans: Adventures; LAGNIAPPE

DJP Update 11-2-2015 Norman, Oklahoma – Boston, Gloucester, New York City, and New Orleans: Adventures; LAGNIAPPE

The DJP Updates are less frequent because I post daily on Twitter. As stated before, I encourage you to get on Twitter and follow individuals and organizations that interest you. No cost but a very effective way to quickly get all of the breaking news as well as learn new information about just about any topic that interests you. Remember, you don’t have to post tweets! You just can follow lots of news organizations, hobby interests, or individuals.

Click on this link https://twitter.com/DJPNEWS to see some recent ones of the 14,500 I have posted.

This update is about recent travels, speeches, and interviews that I conducted with interesting individuals using state of the art portable equipment for a future “Enhanced Podcast” series.
1- OKLAHOMA

I did a keynote at EXPLORE: Oklahoma Healthcare Summit August 14-15, 2015 in Norman, Oklahoma. Nice folks who showed wonderful hospitality.

I spoke on the 6 Commandments of Medicine and how to survive in the rapidly change healthcare system that interfers with the patient-physician relationship. At the reception, I also signed 250 copies of my book THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS. Lots of fun. Special thanks to Dr. Carl Hook and the Conference Chair, Shari Moore, RN, BSN. Well-organized Summit.
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2- Boston: Massachusetts General Hospital Grand Rounds

Once a year, the residents get to pick the speaker for:

MGH Grand Rounds MGH-Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine – “Resident Choice Speaker” – October 22, 2015

The residents selected me for this honor and the hospitality was outstanding. Great group of folks, the residents and staff of the department. They also gave me a demonstration of their high-tech simulation lab and a special treat was a visit to The Ether Dome where the first public demonstration of inhalation anesthesia was done October 16, 1846 by dentist Dr William T.G. Morton with Dr. John Collins Warren removing a tumor from a patient’s neck. At the completion of the operation with the patient experiencing no pain, Dr. Warren turned to the doctors in the amphitheater and said, “Gentlemen, this is no humbug.”

(Dr. Crawford Long in Georgia was the first to use ether March 30, 1842.) Lots of photos on all of these adventures during the travels.

The Grand Rounds presentation gave my view how to survive as an ethical science-based physician who always does what is in the patient’s best interest regardless of what healthcare system is put forth by politicians. The 3 elements of the talk with true stories of courage to make the points about the needed leadership.
· Design of a healthcare delivery system with attention to access, quality, and cost.

· A successful system must honor the patient by including the Six Commandments of Medicine as essential. SEC-C plus 2.

· CODAC for making a persuasive 2-minute presentation to defend your views.
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GLOUCESTER

Dr. Mario Motta and his Telescope! Truly a passionate Galaxy Hunter! He has a 32-inch reflector in his home observatory.

After Boston, we traveled to Dr. Motta’s home for the night and enjoyed the hospitality of Mario and his wife Joyce. Unfortunately the sky was cloudy that night but a break in the clouds occurred briefly and we looked at the moon with Mario. He put the telescope on high power. Impressive!

Stories about Dr. Mario Motta’s World’s largest amateur-built telescope on top of his home.

http://bostoniano.info/italiani/mario-motta-world-largest-homemade-telescope-gloucester/
Nice pictures in the Bostoniano article showing Mario with the telescope plus a few views of far away places!

https://www.aavso.org/aavso-president-mario-motta

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/sky-and-telescope-magazine/beyond-the-printed-page/light-pollutions-medical-effects/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/garden/04observatories.html?_r=0

http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/archive/2007/april/briefs/star_gazer.shtml

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/u-s-physicians-join-light-pollution-fight/
And here is Mario at AMA with a resolution about Light-Pollution.

An excellent article that Mario gave me is in the May, 2011 issue of SKY & TELESCOPE.
Unfortunately it is not available online to non-subscribers.

This is part of the Lagniappe of being involved with national medical organizations. You get to meet smart people all over our great Land of Liberty. I try to find out what the individual’s passion is outside of Medicine. Mario is just one example. Sometimes you meet individuals who have completely different views of how the health system should evolve but that should not deter you from inquiring and listening to the person’s outside interests. With friendship, it is easier to reach solutions to problems.
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MANHATTAN

My wife’s favorite city to visit! After departing Boston, we went to Manhattan. I had business with my publisher on new projects and was able to record interviews with interesting people who will be featured in future podcasts, including the head of Skyhorse Publishing, Tony Lyons, as well as attorney and best-selling author Philip Howard (The Death of Common Sense, etc.)

We walked the Brooklyn Bridge, visit the 9/11 Museum and Memorial (powerful memorial and sad), One World Observatory, Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island. We met friends from business and did touring with them. Tuesday night Robin and I had the pleasure of celebrating Dr. Bob Rigolosi’s birthday with his wife Professor Elaine, dear friends!

Lots of pictures during the visit that may find their way into Nature’s Reflections®! I also visited the wonderful Hemingway exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum. The exhibit ends January 31, 2016. A must see exhibit if you have an interest in writing. It shows drafts of manuscripts with the changes he made. In the manuscript of THE SUN ALSO RISES, he told his editor Maxwell Perkins to discard the first two chapters on the advice of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the book then started at chapter 3! Great fun and I learned a lot. Took lots of notes about technique for my novel. Before leaving the museum, I visited again Mr. Morgan’s private rare book vault. I inserted a photo of it in my book, THE LITTLE RED BOOK OF LEADERSHIP LESSONS. Photo taken on a previous visit when writing the book. After leaving the MORGAN, Robin remembered The Authors Guild was nearby and we made it there before it closed. As a member, I learn a lot from this organization about book contracts. Great visit with General Counsel and Assistant Director, Jan Constantine, who is a fun person to know.

And yes, we got to see the “Woman in Gold” Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer painted by Gustav Klimt in 1907. It is at the Neue Gallerie in Manhattan. http://www.neuegalerie.org/collection/Austrian/Fine%20Arts?page=1

The 2015 movie Woman in Gold tells the story on the big screen.

More on the story of the painting stolen by the Nazis and the battle to get it back 50 years later is at:
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/02/396688350/after-nazi-plunder-a-quest-to-bring-the-woman-in-gold-home

NEW ORLEANS

I will make a co-presentation with attorney Darrell Ranum of The Doctors Company (TDC) in New Orleans this Thursday at the 2015 PIAA Claims and Risk Management / Patient Safety Workshop – Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) on behalf of TDC whose board I sit on. The talk is entitled Normal Recovery or Complication: The Risks of Post-Operative Care. This presentation is an expansion of our article published in the Bulletin of The American College of Surgeons June 1, 2013. See: http://bulletin.facs.org/2013/06/symptoms-of-normal-recovery/

LAGNIAPPE

My wife Robin brought home today the November/December 2015 issue of Louisiana Life Magazine. The orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Felix “Buddy” Savoie, who operated via scopes and a regional block on my rotator cuff problem in March of 2013 is on the cover. Excellent surgeon who is a nice person. He did a great job on my shoulder and I have 100% function and no pain. Dr. Savoie is Tulane Sports Medicine Chief, world-famous, and operates on many high-profile athletes (I certainly am not a high-profile athlete but he did the same wonderful job on me.) His special interest is the shoulder and elbow. Read the article here:
http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/November-December-2015/Savoie-Faire/

And here is the cover with Dr. Savoie: http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/November-December-2015/

Enjoy the read!

Finally, some Louisiana Gumbo advice for taking the time to read this lengthy DJP Update!

TOUR de GUMBO article in November issue of New Orleans Magazine:
Lots of pictures and advice! If you have not had the wonderful Gumbo and Turtle Soup in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, it needs to be on your Things to Do list!

http://www.myneworleans.com/New-Orleans-Magazine/November-2015/Tour-de-Gumbo/index.php?

Finally, if anyone is coming to New Orleans for PIAA or any other meeting, here is a list of my favorite New Orleans restaurants:

http://www.donaldpalmisano.com/html/restaurants.shtml

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Donald

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DJP Update 8-19-2015: My article re Forty-Year Anniversary of Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, Act 817 of 1975

DJP Update 8-19-2015: My article re Forty-Year Anniversary of Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, Act 817 of 1975

The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society also published again the 20-Year Anniversary article. It is attached to new article and both should be read to get full details of events surrounding passage of law.

Article also contains praise for California MICRA and Texas Medical Liability Reform (Prop 12 of 2003 changing Texas State Constitution and associated legislative passage of limits of liability.)
Excerpt from page 1 of article:

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“Do your homework, have courage, and don’t give up!”1 Those words of wisdom for success from my heroic policeman dad once again proved correct in the medical liability reform battle in Louisiana in 1975 because of the leadership of Dr. John Cooksey of Monroe, Louisiana. Dr. Cooksey was the cheerleader who gathered the team and constantly inspired everyone.

Here we are at the 40th anniversary of the passage of the 1975 Medical Malpractice Act, Act 817.2 How time flies! Act 817 of 1975 lives and the Louisiana State Supreme Court has ruled the current law, a total cap on all damages with its 1984 amendment for unlimited future medical payments as incurred (La. Act 435 of 19843), constitutional in the Butler case previously cited in the 20-year anniversary article (reprinted in this issue of the Journal). Louisiana’s law was voted into law prior to California’s famous medical liability law.4 For another great triumph, see Texas and its success in 2003.5 Three different laws; three proven long-term successes.

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Read entire article with hot links to references at:

http://www.donaldpalmisano.com/assets/40year_anniv_1975.pdf

Also posted at Journal of Louisiana State Medical Society Website:

http://journal.lsms.org/attachments/article/131/Forty-Year%20Anniversary%20of%20Louisiana%E2%80%99s%20Medical%20Malpractice%20Act,%20Act%20817%20of%201975.pdf

NOTE: This article is in PDF and may take a moment to load in browser.
Sincerely,

Donald

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DJP Update 8-7-2015 R.I.P. William J. “Jeff” Terry, MD

DJP Update 8-7-2015 R.I.P. William J. “Jeff” Terry, MD

Our dear friend Jeff died today. May he Rest In Peace.

Jeff was a true leader who had the courage to advocate for patients and physicians. He did his homework. And he did not give up! His passion and kindness combined with his competence made him a strong advocate for us.

His recent work pointing out the serious problems of moving to ICD-10 is one of many examples.

Sincere condolences to his wife Elizabeth and his sons.

He will be missed. He was too young to depart.

For a 2013 photo of Jeff working at the hospital, see New York Times December 29, 2013 article at:

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/technology/medical-billing-nears-a-new-era-of-ultra-specific-codes.html?referrer=&_r=0

Here is Jeff taking the oath of office as President of the Medical Association of the State of Alabama (MASA) in 2011:

http://www.masalink.org/uploadedFiles/News_and_Publications/Private/Alabama%20MD_June.pdf

A story about his testimony in Congress in 2015 re ICD-10:

http://blog.al.com/press-releases/2015/06/state_lawmakers_urge_congress.html

Sincerely,

Donald

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DJP Update 8-1-2015 1. Dr. Jeff Terry hospitalized; Two departed Friends: Tony Angello and Norman McSwain, MD, FACS

DJP Update 8-1-2015 1. Dr. Jeff Terry hospitalized; Two departed Friends:  Tony Angello and Norman McSwain, MD, FACS

As previously explained, my updates are fewer now as I tweeted new information via Twitter:  @DJPNews

But recent sad events are put in this DJP Update.

The courageous Dr. Jeff Terry is seriously ill in the hospital.  Also two friends died.

1.  Dr. Jeff Terry.   I received word today from Dr. Jorge Alsip about Jeff.

Here is an excerpt from his note:

Jeff, Elizabeth and their family would greatly appreciate everyone’s prayers, and I would appreciate it if you could help us get the word out.  If anyone would like to send Jeff a card this is his home address:

60 Kingsway
Mobile, Alabama 36608

Thanks,

Jorge

Jorge A. Alsip, MD, MBA
Vice Chairman
Alabama AMA Delegation
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We can never forget Jeff’s courageous battle to educate the world about the problems of impending ICD-10.  A true leader.

Here is what I wrote about Jeff on July 8, 2015 on the Speaking As A Individual Listserv plus the Take Back the Profession Listserv:
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I agree with praise for Jeff.

Dr Jeff Terry = True LEADERSHIP.  He did his homework, had courage, and didn’t give up!

Thinking of Dr Jeff Terry, the Poem IF by Rudyard Kipling comes to mind also.

Two excerpts especially:

“If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,”

AND

“If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!”

Full text at:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/175772

Well done, Jeff!  American Medicine is in your debt though it is unlikely most will realize your service and give thanks.

Stay well,

Donald
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2.  Tony Angello

The famous restaurant owner in New Orleans, Tony Angello, passed away after a fall resulting in a broken hip.  Many of you have had meals at his restaurant that I feature at:

http://donaldpalmisano.com/html/restaurants.shtml

The restaurant will continue under the leadership of his daughter Angel, nephew, and maitre d’ Dale Messina.
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So sad. A wonderful gentleman. R.I.P. RT @NOLAnews: New Orleans restaurateur Tony Angello dies, TV station reports http://t.co/YhHYARDTpM
7/14/15, 11:56 PM

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History of late Tony Angello restaurant career; visitation and Mass arrangements Sunday and Monday. http://t.co/xkKEssmL3P #Friend #Legend
7/15/15, 10:26 PM

2-  Norman McSwain, MD, FACS, “Tsa-La-Gi” “Medicine Man”
The second death is our dear friend, Norman McSwain, MD, FACS, “Tsa-La-Gi,” Medicine Man.  He is internationally famous as a trauma surgeon and teacher.  Below are more articles.  Be sure to read Tulane’s  tribute.   I wrote about Norman’s outstanding medical work during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 in my 2008 book, ON LEADERSHIP.

Services for Norman are as follows:  Tsa-La-Gi Gathering (Visitation) Saturday, August 15, 3-7 PM Central and Sunday, August 16, 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Tribute service at 2:00 PM Sunday. (Date corrected here.  In my first mailing I had wrong date.)
All at Lake Lawn Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard, New Orleans, 70124 Phone 504-486-6331.  Condolences to his daughter Merry and to Dee Aucoin.

Note this excerpt from Tulane’s tribute:

McSwain wrote numerous textbooks and articles and received many awards for his trauma work. He is the only person in the history of the American College of Surgeons to receive all five of its major trauma awards.
Norman has received so many awards, too numerous to list here.  Here is a 2014 tweet with a photo.

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Congrats Norman E. McSwain, Jr., MD, TULANE Surg Prof #NOLA : LSMS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD @LaMedSoc #Leadership http://t.co/i2g0CeQ2BK
2/1/14, 12:20 PM

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R.I.P. Norman McSwain MD, FACS. My dear friend and internationally famous trauma surgeon died today. A great loss. http://www.wdsu.com/news/local-news/new-orleans/trauma-medicine-pioneer-dr-norman-mcswain-dies/34405790
7/28/15, 10:41 PM
More about his amazing career here:  http://wgno.com/2015/07/28/doctor-who-helped-shape-charity-hospitals-trauma-response-reputation-dies/

The American College of Surgeons said this about Dr. McSwain:

KEY MEMBER OF THE COT, NORMAN E. McSWAIN, JR., MD, FACS, DIES AT 78

The staff and volunteers of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) were saddened to learn that Norman E. McSwain, Jr., MD, FACS, the most senior active member of the ACS Committee on Trauma (COT), passed away Tuesday, July 28. He was 78 years old and died at his home in New Orleans, LA, after suffering a cerebral bleed on July 17.

An ACS Fellow since 1973, Dr. McSwain began his involvement with the COT in 1975 through his work with the Kansas Committee on Trauma. Four years later, he was appointed to the national COT where he led both the Pre-Hospital Care Committee and the Advanced Trauma Life Support® Committee. He played a leading role on the team that revised the initial Hospital Resources Document, which evolved into the current  COT  Verification, Review, and Consultation Program for Hospitals. Over the next three decades, Dr. McSwain led the Louisiana Committee on Trauma, served on the task force for Operative Skills, was a liaison to the Board of Regents, and most recently, served as the liaison for the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).

Dr. McSwain was a founder of NAEMT, which developed the Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) program in collaboration with the COT. He was a champion of PHTLS and the NAEMT, and his work set the stage for the modern version of Tactical Combat Casualty Care. An inspiration to several generations of trauma and emergency care professionals, Dr. McSwain received every honor the ACS COT and NAEMT bestows. He presented the Scudder Oration at the 2003 Clinical Congress and received the NAEMT award that now bears his name—the Dr. Norman E. McSwain, Jr., PHTLS Leadership Award.

Dr. McSwain was director of trauma, Spirit of Charity Trauma Center, Interim Louisiana State University Hospital, and professor of surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans. View an online obituary in the Times Picayune newspaper.

And Tulane Medical School praise from Dr. Doug Slakey, Tulane Surgery Chair, and Dr. Lee Hamm, Dean and SVP… said this:

Remembering Trauma Surgeon Dr. Norman McSwain

“His commitment to improving the care of the injured patient saved countless lives and improved the quality of life of untold millions of people.”
⎯ Dr. Douglas P. Slakey, Professor & Chair, Tulane Department of Surgery

Internationally renowned trauma surgeon Dr. Norman McSwain who helped transform the way doctors and first responders treat the most severely injured, leaves an “unparalleled” legacy at Tulane and beyond, according to friends and co-workers.

McSwain, 78, died Tuesday (July 28) at his French Quarter home after a brief hospitalization for a cerebral bleed earlier this month.

“Dr. McSwain was a beloved, committed and devoted surgeon who has left an unparalleled legacy, not only in New Orleans, but also around the world,” said Dr. Lee Hamm, Dean of Tulane University School of Medicine.

McSwain joined the Tulane University faculty in 1977, but it was his dedication and commitment as a practicing trauma surgeon that gained him national accolades. He served as trauma director and a member of the teaching staff of Charity Hospital of New Orleans, surgeon for the New Orleans Police Department since 1979, and medical director of New Orleans’ Emergency Medical Services Division. Shortly after his arrival in New Orleans in 1978, the city tapped McSwain to develop an EMS system here.

McSwain viewed improving trauma surgical care as a global public health initiative, working with healthcare organizations and governments around the world to develop and improve systems for effectively caring for injured patients. In New Orleans, he worked tirelessly to ensure that the missions of clinical care education and research were at the highest levels and consistently applied and delivered to all people regardless of their personal circumstances, said Dr. Douglas Slakey, who holds the Robert and Viola Lobrano Chair of Surgery at Tulane.

“He was of a generation who largely put their self interest secondary to the mission of being a physician,” Slakey said. “He felt that the privilege of being a physician and caring for patients was of the highest calling and far more important than personal gain. He was the sort of person who would tell people that if you do what you love, success — however you measure it — will follow.”

McSwain’s commitment to the Charity trauma system transcended local politics, as he viewed service to the community as his highest responsibility.

“His focus was clearly on providing the highest quality of care and passing on his experience and knowledge in the form of education and training to not only physicians and medical students but also every level of health care provider,” Slakey said. “He truly thought that the team was more important than the individual.”

Honored in 2009 with the Senior Vice President’s Teaching Scholar Award, McSwain was known for sharing his 18 “Rules of Patient Care” with medical students and colleagues. The document is signed with “Tsa-La-Gi,” Cherokee for “medicine man,” reflecting his affinity for Native American cultures.

McSwain relocated to New Orleans because he considered Charity Hospital to be one of the nation’s most important trauma centers. But his efforts resonated worldwide: His work with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and National Association of EMTs resulted in a Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support program that is a global standard for trauma care. That program has trained more than 500,000 people in 45 countries.

McSwain wrote numerous textbooks and articles and received many awards for his trauma work. He is the only person in the history of the American College of Surgeons to receive all five of its major trauma awards.

Dr. Peter Meade, who holds the William Henderson Chair in Surgery at Tulane, remembered McSwain as the surgeon everyone wanted to emulate. Despite his legendary status as a doctor, he was approachable and generous.

“The great ones don’t have to act great. There was a tremendous amount of love for this man — at all levels of the hospital,” Meade said. “You just don’t meet a lot of people like that. He meant a lot to us. He was Tulane.”

Douglas P. Slakey, MD, MPH
Robert and Viola Lobrano  Chair  of Surgery
Tulane University
504-988-2317
dslakey@tulane.edu

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Post Script:  Norman and Dee and Robin and I had a wonderful “Feed Me” dinner at Tony Angello’s in the Wine Room.  I had my camera that also did video.  We did an interview with Tony Angello about his family history and his restaurant.  A fun night that will not be forgotten.  I put the interview on a thumb drive and gave it to Tony Angello’s daughter at the Visitation when Tony died.  Not long after Tony’s death, Norman became ill and died.  Legends gone.  But they will be remembered.

Dr. Norman McSwain, truly beloved and sui generis. A life well-lived saving others.  May he Rest in Peace.

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Donald

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DJP Update 4-28-2015 Tales of successful endurance challenges

 

1- Follow up on the 100 mile run for the MAG Foundation

The 100 mile run by son DJP Jr, CEO and EVP of Medical Association of Georgia (MAG), was completed successfully. See the previous 3-28-2015 DJP Update re the background of the run:

http://donaldpalmisano.com/djp_update/?p=1037

MAG’s comments: http://www.mag.org/news/articles/run-promo

And here is DJP Jr just before 100 mile finish line. A friend, Andy Nguyen, recorded his voice and face at approximately 56 seconds into this short video. Most of rest of video dark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvyo5Lf2gpY

And here is DJP Jr crossing finish line sub 24 hours!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30cpZ7RzAsU

DJP Jr’s Latest info to MAG physicians: http://www.mag.org/resources/executive-director

And congrats for more than 35% increase in membership for MAG since 2010!
http://www.mag.org/membership

In these troubling times for membership in state and national organizations, there are lessons to be shared here.

Congratulations!

2- Here is a personal endurance adventure on a raft in the ocean by an AMA employee, Daniel Eller, identified only by name and as a Chicago person in “medical sales”.

Imagine being thrown into the Bermuda Triangle with a raft via a simulated boat accident. Some supplies are in the ocean and have to be retrieved. And one more thing: You meet a woman companion for the first time in the raft. The goal is to make it to land. Live off the sea and try to survive. If overwhelming, then use special phone to call for rescue and you fail the challenge. (Water, water, everywhere, …Nor any drop to drink.” Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

This story was featured this past Sunday on National Geographic TV with the title: Season 1, Episode 4 “To The Bone”
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/the-raft/

There is a second couple in another raft somewhere else in the Bermuda Triangle.

It will be repeated this Sunday evening or you can find it ON DEMAND at the National Geographic Channel.

If you wish to see a small screen version immediately, it is also on YouTube at:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8HrPM6ByBU

Congratulations, Dan and companion Ceci of the orange raft!

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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE ABILITY TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE!
DJP

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Stay well,

Donald
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DJP Update 3-28-2015 Race Day! THE UMSTEAD 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN Today!

DJP Update 3-28-2015 Race Day! THE UMSTEAD 100 MILE ENDURANCE RUN Today!

A note from Donald Jr, Executive Director/CEO of the Medical Association of Georgia, is below. Trey Reese is an attorney and also will run the race for the Think About It Campaign.

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Dear all:

On behalf of Trey and I, I want to say thank you for the support of the Think About It Campaign. We are en route to the Umstead 100 Mile Endurance Race in Raleigh, North Carolina. Trey and I will individually attempt to 100 miles in less than 30 hours.

We want to say thank you as we raised over $40,000 from over 80 donors.

If you want to follow our progress during the race, please follow my Twitter account below (DPalmisanoMAG) or Trey (treyreese). My father will also be using Twitter at DJPNews. My account will be run by my oldest son, so hopefully it will be timely and accurate.

The race begins at 6 am tomorrow. Weather is predicted to be cold.

Again, thank you for the support in the campaign as we will use the money to address the abuse associated with prescription drugs.

Donald
Twitter (DPalmisanoMAG)
LinkedIn (Donald Palmisano, Jr.)

Let’s Stop Prescription Drug Abuse – http://www.mag.org/news/articles/run-promo
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Excerpt from the MAG Foundation:

MAG Foundation President Jack M. Chapman Jr., M.D., applauded ‘Team Think About It,’ stating that, “What started as a simple concept evolved into one of our most successful fundraising events ever – and I am excited to know that we are going to use the money that was raised to purchase Naloxone (which first responders can use to offset the effects of drug overdoses) and prescription drug disposal boxes and to produce a video that will promote good prescribing practices.”

Dr. Chapman also thanked an anonymous donor who accounted for $10,000 of the $40,100 that was raised. He says, “This was an incredible act of selfless generosity – someone who simply wanted to help the people who live in this state.”
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DJP comment: I want to thank all of the folks on the DJP Update who sent in money for this campaign, especially Dr. anonymous on the DJP Update list who called me and wanted his name listed as anonymous for the $1000. That message was forwarded on to DJP Jr.

Follow the progress of DJP Jr and Trey and in the 100 mile run starting at 6:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time in William B. Umstead State Park in Raleigh, NC.

TEXT MESSAGE SIGN UP:
http://www.umstead100.org/signup.html

Donald Palmisano Jr race number is 204.

Trey Reese race number is 224.

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Best wishes for a safe race!

Donald

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DJP Update 3-12-2015 Books by doctors on the DJP Update list plus one blog.

DJP Update 3-12-2015 Books by doctors on the DJP Update list plus one blog.

Here are 4 doctors on the DJP Update list who recently wrote books. Take a look!
1- Dr. Susan Adelman

Many of you know Susan, a pediatric surgeon in Michigan, from her time on the AMA Board.

Here in part is what Susan wrote me in her latest email of March 2, 2015:

Don, we always enjoy receiving your emails, and Marty reminds me every time how much he used to enjoy meeting you and Robin.

I wanted to bring you up to date on my book, The Rebel: A biography of Ram Jethmalani. Ram is, at 91, the most famous living lawyer in India, the most senior member of Parliament, a former law minister, one of the major figures behind formation of the National Law Schools of India, and has been the head of the Ram Jethmalani Kashmir Committee, which has mediated successfully between the rebels in Kashmir, Pakistan, and India. Practicing law in India since Partition, he has argued many, many of the landmark cases in the last 70 years, and certainly many of the most controversial. I had to learn how to read and analyze cases from the Indian courts in order to write the book (Marty just smiled and told me to read carefully. He would not help, except with questions.) Google him – you will be amazed at what you find. The forward is by the immediate past Chief Justice of India. Published in December by Penguin Random House in Delhi, it is cobranded with the mark of Shobhaa De, herself an author (very famous in India) of 18 books, a former model, magazine editor, and major newspaper columnist.

We launched the book at the Times of India Literary Festival in Mumbai on December 5, and now the Delhi launch has just been scheduled for April 11 in Delhi, hosted by the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, I just received word that the book has gone into a second printing. I would love to get the word out about the book to all my friends at the AMA, but I do not have the mailing list. Could you include something about it in your next mailing? How else would you suggest I let everyone know about it? After all, this is what a former AMA BOT member does after the AMA!

Here it is at Amazon with the info about it there:

http://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Biography-Ram-Jethmalani/dp/0670087920/ref=sr_1_2/176-1122410-0455234?ie=UTF8&qid=1426189944&sr=8-2&keywords=susan+adelman

Ram Jethmalani has been called many things a legal legend, a wizard of the law and a magnet for controversy with a knack for defending the most notorious figures in India. With a career spanning the entire history of independent India, and still going strong, he has managed to command respect and evoke anger in equal measure. But did you know that he is the most pro-Israel politician in Asia; one of the founders of the prestigious National School of Law, Bangalore; one of the first to raise the issue of corruption in India; founder of the Sunday Guardian in the late eighties, one of the longest-serving parliamentarians; and that he is married to two wives at the same time?

In The Rebel: A Biography of Ram Jethmalani, Susan Adelman, a longtime friend, presents the most updated, authentic and detailed account of his life. Peppered with personal accounts, unknown facets of his life and insider titbits, the book reveals the man behind the larger-than-life persona of Ram Jethmalani.
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2- Dr. Robert Sade

Bob is a former Chair of The AMA Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) as well as former Chief, Section Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina (1974-1995) The new book he edited is THE ETHICS OF SURGERY. Full CV at:

http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/surgery/divisions/cardiothoracic/faculty/Sade_CV.pdf

Book is available at The Oxford University Press at:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-ethics-of-surgery-9780190204525?prevSortField=1&sortField=1&start=3600&resultsPerPage=100&type=listing&lang=en&cc=us

Bob states: “That’s where the 30% discount is available, using the promotional code AMPROMD9. It’s also available on amazon.com and barnes and noble but without the discount. Thanks for adding it to your update.”

The Ethics of Surgery
Conflicts and Controversies
Edited by Robert M. Sade, M.D.

Surgical ethics was only recently recognized as a subdivision of biomedical ethics; few other books specifically address this field.
Most of the articles in the book are debates, a format that emphasizes the wide range of controversies that characterize contemporary biomedical ethics.
Most of the authors of the papers are surgeons, giving a real-world cast to the discussions and arguments; the exchanges are enriched by an admixture of lawyers, sociologists, philosophers and others with expertise in ethics.
Amazon info re book states:

According to popular belief, technical skill is far more important for surgeons than thoughtful deliberation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Although surgeons must sometimes make decisions rapidly on the basis of incomplete evidence and must respond to unexpected catastrophes in the operating room rapidly, those events are intermittent – most of the time surgeons deliberate on diagnostic problems and thoughtfully manage postoperative care, which is often intellectually challenging.
The relationship of surgeons with their patients is, in a real sense, far more intimate and trusting than that of any other professional, a claim that is supported by the fact that patients surrender their bodies to their surgeons in a state of total helplessness and vulnerability when they undergo anesthesia. Because of that responsibility, no other professional group has a greater sense of dedication to the welfare of their patients than surgeons.
Surgical culture is deeply steeped in ethics, and surgeons confront and resolve ethical dilemmas as much or more than most other professionals, although they often may not recognize the situations they resolve are problems in ethics – they are just part of the daily routine. This book is a compendium of articles from the recent surgical literature that address ethical issues chosen by surgeons because they are controversial and pertinent to the practice of surgery. The reader will not find a great deal of sophisticated dissection of fine philosophical distinctions in these discussions of ethical conflicts and controversies in surgery. Instead, they will discover differing viewpoints from thoughtful essayists, mostly surgeons, whose feet are firmly in contact with the ground and who have extensive experience in the real world of surgery, medicine, and law.
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DJP Comment: I first learned of Robert M. Sade, MD when I read his article in the New England Journal of Medicine many years ago. It was entitled:
Sade RM. Medical care as a right: A refutation. New England J Med 1971; 285:1288-1292. 21. Another article on the same topic is at: http://www.unz.org/Pub/Reason-1972sep-00010

I wrote the NEJM in 1971 when I read that article and NEJM said the response to the article with letters to the editor was the largest they had ever received and they could not accept any additional letters for publication. I quoted Dr. Sade’s article when I testified to Congress in 1976 during the hearings on National Health Insurance.

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3. Dr. Robert Sewell

Dr Sewell has 4 books, A Surgeon’s Heart: The Calling; The Conflict; The Crisis; and The Choice. More info at:

http://www.spiritofhealthcare.com/2015/02/22/a-surgeons-heart-revealed/

Dr. Sewell states at the Website:

“The product of this effort is a series of novels entitled “A Surgeon’s Heart”, which features a fictional pediatric heart surgeon, Dr. Jack Roberts, his family and his circle of friends and colleagues. It can best be summed up as the epic love story of a man for his profession, and all that that entails.”

Dr. Sewell’s books also are available at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Surgeons-Heart-R-W-Sewell/dp/0615956254/ref=sr_1_1/183-9477933-3734652?ie=UTF8&qid=1426193570&sr=8-1&keywords=Robert+sewell

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4. Dr. Rob Tenery

A blog by another former Chair of CEJA, Dr. Rob Tenery, is at http://robtenerymd.com/ . He doesn’t hesitate to take on controversial topics. See: http://www.robtenerymd.com/blog/?p=410

He also has an ebook: In Search of Medicine’s Moral Compass. See: http://robtenerymd.com/book.html

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I am happy to share information about the hard work of these doctors. They obviously have a passion for the message they share. Writing and publishing requires a lot of work. I can attest to that from the experience with my books: http://onleadership.us/

LAGNIAPPE: Many thanks to all who read about the campaign by Medical Association of Georgia Foundation in recent DJP Update and contributed money for the “TEAM TO THING ABOUT IT” campaign to fight Rx Drug Abuse. Greatly appreciated. The money goal of fund raising has been exceeded and continues to rise! Special thanks to Dr. Anonymous. http://www.mag.org/news/articles/run-promo

DJP Jr. begins his continuous 100 mile run on August 28. Wishing him and his colleague, outside counsel Trey Reese who runs the next 100 miles, great success and SAFETY.

Stay well,

Donald
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DJP Update 2-21-2015 Mardi Gras excitement; 200 mile run (100 miles by DJP Jr) for worthy cause; Prayers for a friend

DJP Update 2-21-2015 Mardi Gras excitement; 200 mile run (100 miles by DJP Jr) for worthy cause; Prayers for a friend

1- Mardi Gras in New Orleans
This year’s Mardi Gras especially was exciting because we had two friends, a married couple from Sausalito, California, who visited us for their first Mardi Gras.

We checked into the Windsor Court to avoid the traffic and barricades to and from parades. Of course we visited many of the restaurants on my favorite restaurant list.

http://www.donaldpalmisano.com/html/restaurants.shtml

And yes, the first meal was at Tony Angello’s in the private wine room with the “Feed Us” request rather than ordering from a menu. Wonderful as usual.

Fat Tuesday was spent in the French Quarter watching the sights and getting interesting photos. Captured over 700 images!

Our friends were in the Mardi Gras spirit and caught lots of beads! The husband served our in the U.S. Military as a Marine and the National WWII Museum was a must see stop.

Great fun!

2- Donald Jr and the 100 mile run. (Total run event is 200 miles).

The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) Foundation is sponsoring this event.

Actually the event is a 200 miles run and DJP Jr will run the first 100 miles and a colleague will run the next 100 miles to raise money to fight prescription drug abuse.
http://www.mag.org/news/articles/run-promo

$15K & climbing: Help MAG’s CEO raise $25K for MAG Foundation effort to reduce Rx drug abuse
Click to make donation/pledge to ‘Team Think About It’

http://rxdrugabuse.org/events.html
The Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) is encouraging member physicians and other individuals and corporate sponsors to support MAG Executive Director Donald J. Palmisano Jr. and outside legal counsel Trey Reese (with Hall Booth Smith) with a donation when they run a 200-mile race to raise $25,000 for the MAG Foundation’s ‘Think About It’ campaign to reduce prescription drug abuse in the state. The fundraising goal was recently increased from $10,000 to $25,000 given an overwhelming response in the first week. Palmisano and Reese will each run 100 miles during the Umstead Endurance Race that will take place near Raleigh, North Carolina on March 28-29. Sponsors can support the duo – aka ‘Team Think About It’ – with a flat donation or a per-mile pledge. Palmisano has personally pledged $1,000, and 100% of all donations will go to the ‘Think About It’ campaign. Contact Lori Cassity Murphy at lmurphy@mag.org or 678.303.9282 with questions.
‘Team Think About It’ Goal: $25,000

‘Team Think About It’ Amount Raised: $15,625*

Endurance Sponsors ($2,000)

CONSIDER MAKING A DONATION!
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3- A wonderful physician friend is ill: Dr. Ronnie French. For those with good spiritual contacts, say some prayers for him. I visited him in the hospital today and he gave me permission to mention he was ill and he would welcome prayers. Some of you know Ronnie from medical practice in New Orleans and others know him for his innovation invention of the emergency airway device “LIFESTAT” you can carry on your keyring. See link below.

http://lifestatmedical.com/

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Stay well,

Donald
Donald J. Palmisano, MD, JD, FACS

Intrepid Resources® / The Medical Risk Manager Company

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Metairie, LA 70006

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