Op-Ed: Outpatient Shoulder Replacements Are Safe for Most Patients. Here’s Why.
A decade ago, most joint replacements, including shoulder replacement, required a hospital stay. That’s no longer the case. Chicago Health is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. The opinions expressed in this op-ed article are the author’s own. In January 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allowed for primary shoulder replacements to […]
Op-Ed: Illinois Needs Strong Emergency Rules to Stop COVID-19
Chicago Health is committed to publishing a diversity of opinions. The opinions expressed in this op-ed article are the author’s own. The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Illinois hard. Cook County now has more cases than any other U.S. county. Predominantly African American and Latinx zip codes have the highest infection and death rates in Chicago, […]
Op-Ed: Lessons from 9/11
We Must Act Swiftly to Beat Back COVID-19 On the morning of 9/11, the trauma director of the New York hospital where I was working mobilized a team of anesthesiologists, nurses, surgeons and surgical residents — myself included — to Ground Zero to care for the wounded. Amid the chaos, ashes and whirling office paper, […]
