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Category: December 2020

We wanted to wrap up the year with a topic that was on the lighter side: what’s on your “bucket list” outside of work? Our members detail some personal dreams and tell us about the ones they’ve already achieved.

Writing a Novel

By Reena Anjalie Bhatt, MD Growing up in Kansas as a shy, awkward child of immigrants, I found respite in the expansive and elaborate worlds of science fiction and became an avid reader after diving into Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles and Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. I found quirky friends in the characters, unexplored adventures in […]

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On the Lighter Side

By Laurence H. Brenner, MD A few years ago, I realized that I needed to do something “for myself.” Making a living to support my family, dedicating my off hours to patient challenges and working for a hospital system where creativity has no outlet, I felt that I needed to do something that was all […]

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Driving the Impossible

By Tjerk F. Bury, MD We raced for 36 days, 10 to 12 hours at a time in a vintage car, 9000 miles on mostly unpaved or no roads at all, through 12 countries and 8 time zones, competing with 110 other cars. The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge (P2P) is the oldest, longest, most […]

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My 2021 Bucket List

By Victor Cesar Jr., MD In early 2020, (precisely in March) I was very excited about the future and, as you know, we were suddenly caught by the surprises that this year has brought us. Initially, the fears and doubts of a pandemic changed routines in our daily lives and at work. I have always […]

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Do You Choose Live or Virtual Meetings?

By Tatsuki Ebata, MD, PhD The Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine (JARM) was held in November at Kobe International Convention Center, Kobe, Japan. Until October all medical congresses and meetings were held online. Because of the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases during summer in Japan, JARM had chosen a hybrid approach, […]

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Rethinking One’s Bucket List

By Keizo Fukumoto, MD, PhD This year I turned 60, a special age in Japan to be celebrated for one’s rebirth. This custom is called “kanreki,” and they put a red vest and hood on the old man regarded as a baby. In the traditional Japanese calendar, each year is symbolized by a combination of […]

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Hiking the Camino de Santiago Trail

By Julie R Gilbert, MD, FACS Now nine months into the pandemic, wondering if and when life will ever be normal again, I find myself thinking about the next great adventure on my bucket list. I have taken up hiking as a way to relax, enjoy the outdoors, and exercise. Right before the world went into lockdown, […]

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Building Homes for Those in Need

By John G. Lunt, MD My bucket list has included a number of realistic and an equal number of outlandish items. Learning Italian so I can order in the native tongue a pie in Positano is perhaps real and outlandish at the same time, but I’ve always wanted to see the splendors in Antarctica, hear […]

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What Is Truth?

By Michael Papaloizos, MD Let me tell you about my recent experience with an editor of the Medical Research Archives (MRA-PubMed ID: 101668511) who, having found my article “A comprehensive approach including a new enlargement technique to prevent complications after De Quervain tendinopathy surgery” (highly recommended 🙂 ) quite interesting, kindly asked me about “being […]

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A Different Kind of Travel List

By Divya Singh, MD I put down the deposit last week. I had checked cancellation policies and insurance coverage before booking the trip to the Pantanal. 2020 has been challenging for everyone; traveling has been one of many casualties. The year started out well enough—snorkeling and paddling at an eco-resort in Panama in January, the World Ice Art […]

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