Philadelphia Medicine Summer 2020 - 3

Philadelphia County Medical Society
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Natalia Ortiz-Torrent, MD
PRESIDENT

Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD
PRESIDENT ELECT

James Cristol, MD

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Anthony Rosa, MD
TREASURER

Ricardo Morgenstern, MD
SECRETARY

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dom Bucci, MD
Enrique Hernandez, MD
Harvey B. Lefton, MD
Cadence Kim, MD
Max E. Mercado, MD
Curtis Miyamoto, MD
Anthony M. Padula, MD, FACS
Stephen R. Permut, MD, JD
Andrew Roberts, MD
John Vasudevan, MD
David A. Sass, MD, FACP
Robert Kucejko, MD
J Q Michael Yu, MD, FRCPC
Mustfa Manzur
FIRST DISTRICT TRUSTEE

Wounded Healers - The Struggle
over Physician Burnout and
Suicide

11 More from the Associate Dean...
12 A PCMS Response to Covid-19 -
"Help the Helper"

14 A Conversation with our new

President - Dr. Natalia OrtizTorrent, MD

16 Something Good Coming out

of the Pandemic: Telemedicine
Getting Its Closeup

18 Environmental Health Hazards

COVER: Dr. Lorna Breen was director of an
NYC emergency dept., when she committed
suicide in April. Her sister says it wasn't all
about Covid-19.

Plaguing Philadelphia's Schools

22 Pull Back the Curtain on the
Legislative Process

24 Physicians for Social

Responsibility: Addressing
Public Health Issues Medicine
Alone Cannot Cure

26 Transitioning from the Practice
of Medicine: A few Things to
Consider Before Retirement

28 Philadelphia Makes Diabetes
Prevention a Priority

31 Letter to the Editor

Lynn Lucas-Fehm, MD, JD
PA Medical Society,
President-Elect
Michael A. DellaVecchia, MD, PhD, FACS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Mark C. Austerberry
EDITOR
Alan J. Miceli
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Correction from the Spring Edition of Philadelphia Medicine: Richard W. Cohen MD
was chief resident in psychiatry at Albert Einstein Medical Center in 1979-81. He taught
at Jefferson Medical College for a number of years where he was an assistant professor in
psychiatry, family medicine and otolaryngology. He's in full time private practice at this time.

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