AUTHOR
Joseph Varon
5 ARTICLES
Joseph Varon, MD, is a critical care physician, professor, and President of the Independent Medical Alliance. He has authored over 980 peer-reviewed publications and serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Independent Medicine.
Medicine has forgotten how to touch the patient
When was the last time your doctor actually examined you? I do not mean when someone checked your blood pressure, copied your medication list, looked...
Charles Augustus Leale, Abraham Lincoln, and the physician we are slowly losing
When Abraham Lincoln was shot, America saw more than just the loss of a President. Something quieter happened that night, but it was just as...
Medicine by captivity: The rise of the hostage physician
The intensive care unit (ICU) was crowded before sunrise, again. After 40 years in medicine, I am not sure what “full” even means anymore. Every...
The hantavirus panic machine: When rare diseases become media theater
Periodically, the public faces a new microbial threat. The pattern is consistent: a tragic death or cluster of illnesses emerges, prompting newsrooms to employ dramatic...
The lost art of medicine: What Maimonides knew that we forgot
Contemporary medicine is not failing for lack of knowledge. It is failing under the weight of its own complexity. The present era is defined by...
