As physicians, you’re trained to be objective and apolitical. As a scientist, I too was trained to abide by the inherent values of scientific objectivity. Like many of you, I was hesitant to join the sphere of advocacy. But I found my research increasingly and adversely impacted by politicians and bureaucrats enacting policies and regulations that [...]
Greetings esteemed members, The King County Medical Society Board of Directors has officially endorsed proposed legislation that would require testing drinking water for potentially hazardous lead levels in schools statewide. The legislation proposed by Rep. Gerry Pollett (D-Seattle) is a critical public health issue that ties directly into the work we launched last year with our [...]
By Susan Baumgaertel, MD/The Polyclinic Here’s the thing: the Opioid Crisis is real. It is so real, it tarnishes every day in medical practice. The lives lost, the inappropriate drugs prescribed, the fierce posturing on all sides to “make it right” again. How sad this is even happening. Yet, despite governmental regulations popping up everywhere, [...]
Dr. Douglas L. Hom - KCMS member since 1986 Dr. Douglas Hom, age 69, passed away the morning of Friday, January 25, 2019. He suffered a heart attack while skiing and, after a week-long struggle at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, died peacefully, surrounded by family. Doug was born July 26, 1949, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, [...]
Dr. Teresa Girolami, MD, speaks with Sen. David Frockt (D-Seattle) during the WSMA legislative day in Olympia. Greetings fellow members, I hope you are surviving our unusual winter weather. In between storms we managed to visit the state capitol in Olympia with our CEO Nancy Belcher and Marketing and Communications Director Josh Kerns [...]
By Kenneth M. Eyer M.D. (Retired) The basics of Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation are known across the world. It has been a boon to victims of cardiac arrest by lengthening the four minute window of opportunity available in which to restore normal sinus rhythm. However, we could do a better job. This is evidenced by the [...]