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Letter from the Editor

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DONNA M. EGET, D.O.

ippocrates, considered the Father
Often, our patients are someone we
of Modern Medicine, learned his know, or the friend of a relative, or the
craft at the knee of his father-and relative of a friend. That makes us accountgrandfather - on the Greek Island of Kos. able, and it makes us better. The stakes
In pursuit of further knowledge, he trav- are high because the losses are so very
elled as far as Egypt and Libya to further his personal. The rewards are equally great.
education. Ultimately, he returned to Kos There's nothing like running into a patient
to establish his school of medicine, where at Gerrity's and getting a thank-you at
he trained his two sons as physicians. He the deli counter!
cared for his community
by advocating for healthy
diets and exercise - radical
concepts in 460 B.C. - yet
OFTEN, OUR PATIENTS ARE SOMEONE
still pertinent today.

WE KNOW, or the friend of a relative,

DONNA EGET, D.O., IS A BOARD
CERTIFIED EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN.
SHE IS THE OWNER AND MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF MEDICUS URGENT
CARE IN DUNMORE.

Like Hippocrates, many
or the relative of a friend. That makes
of the 700 physicians in
us accountable, and it makes us better.
northeastern Pennsylvania,
The stakes are high because the losses
or NEPA as we locals call it,
are so very personal. The rewards
found our way home. After
are equally great.
completing our training
elsewhere, we returned
here to practice medicine.
We wanted to help our families, neighbors
As a collective, the medical society also
and friends with their medical issues and strives to reach out to the community,
live longer, healthier lives. And after years through such events as health fairs, coat
away we longed to fill more basic needs as drives, and educational forums. We asked
well - to share in family events like birth- ourselves, can we do more?
days, and eat Old Forge pizza fresh from
the oven. We wanted to march in the St.
The answer was yes. That's why the
Patrick's Day parade, and run the Race of Lackawanna County Medical Society conthe Saints. Or, like the NEPA family on the ceived this journal of health and medicine.
cover, just get out and enjoy some quality We want to engage you with useful and
time with the people we love.
thought-provoking health and wellness
information in a less formal way and to
Our families and friends are what make encourage healthier outcomes for our NEPA
life grand, and the time we have with them is communities. We hope this journal brings
precious. That's why we live and work here. It's our medical family and your family closer
why we coach our children's sports teams and together, and stimulates conversation on
chauffeur our neighbors' kids to ballet class. your next doctor's visit that leads to a more
It's why we're scout leaders and PTA moms. meaningful doctor-patient relationship.
We're taking care of our communities, in You - our patients - are our partners in
every way we can. It's also why we do medical this community.
research, publish papers, and head medical
committees in addition to practicing medicine.

Together, we all thrive.
Donna M. Eget, D.O.
Editor
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