by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 18, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society is holding its annual meeting May 22-26, 2022 at the Peppermill Resort and Casino in Reno, NV. What makes this meeting unique is that it will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Aerospace Medical...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 14, 2022 | Do the Right Thing: Thoughts on Quality, Fight the Good Fight
The Wound Care Evidence Summit will take place May 19-20, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, MD. If you are involved in the field of wound care (e.g., Chief Medical Officers, researchers, Regulatory Affairs staff, Clinical Association representatives, manufacturers,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 8, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
What will it take to stop the madness of irradiating the shin of elderly people who have skin cancer? I have posted cases like this before and some of you have sent me others. This man had radiation for skin cancer a few years ago. The non-healing wound that the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 25, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
Dr. David Charash is a longtime friend and colleague in the field of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine. He’s passionate about Diving Medicine and is producing a series of podcasts on Fitness In Diving. It’s the first ever podcast on the topic and will feature...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 5, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight
I wonder how much money hospitals have spent on misguided ideas to raise staff morale during COVID. We now have mood cards in the clinic break room. What am I supposed to do with them? Should I clip one to my coat today? The Red one says I am “ill,” but the list of...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 21, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
Check out this article by Vicki Stearn in Today’s Wound Clinic about Patient and Family Advisory Councils (PFACs). I met Vicki Stearn professionally through our mutual involvement in the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders and in a chance conversation, she mentioned...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 20, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
At the recent fall SAWC meeting, Brian McCurdy, the Managing Editor for Today’s Wound Clinic and I as Clinical Editor, did a video interview about the trends we see in the wound care industry and how we develop relevant content. Here’s the video! TWC 2022 from HMP on...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 7, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
My most recent editorial in Today’s Wound Clinic is a tirade about what appears to me to be a lack of common sense and basic medical knowledge on the part of physicians. It’s not due to Covid but the pandemic has made all our weaknesses more obvious. A few nights ago...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
My beautiful 96 year old mother is cooking Thanksgiving dinner for our small family, and even drove herself to the grocery store to do the shopping. Although she is likely to be around another decade, she’s given us all very specific instructions on how to refer to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Obesity & Wound Care, Shin Radiation Madness
For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
