Compulsive modernization is the insatiable desire to change and grow.

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.

Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.

One of the biggest challenges to medicine is the incorporation of information technology in our practices.

Unless physicians stand together to fight threats and injustices, our practices cannot remain viable in the future.

To maximize our potential to enhance our health and our knowledge, we should remain open to new understanding and evolving technology or resources that might inspire a change in our approach to these important questions.

There was an opening in the ER program at King Drew, so I spent the next month there, fascinated with the range of pathology that I observed, the diversity of skill that the ER physicians had to acquire, the variety of cases, and the ability to interact closely with people.