September 17th, 2023
Our Institutions are BIG medicine, BIG finances and LOW humanism. Our youngest, brightest and most creative are demoralized by the emphasis on efficiency while abandoning thoroughness and effectiveness. Join guest speaker, Dr. Lewis Goldfrank as he explores the state of today’s health care and how it affects both providers and patients.
Dr. Lewis Goldfrank is Professor of Emergency Medicine at New York University Grossman School of Medicine, Attending Physician at Bellevue Hospital Center and Medical Director of the NYC Poison Control Center. He has worked for 50 years at public hospitals in the city of New York. He has met people from all over the world at a time of their most desperate needs. Dr Goldfrank developed some of the first training programs in Emergency Medicine and Medical Toxicology, served as Editor in Chief of Goldfrank’s Toxicological Emergencies now in its twelve edition and is a member of the National Academies of Medicine.