by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 7, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema, Undaunted Spirit Award
Nearly two decades ago, when I was the director of the Memorial Hermann Medical Center Lymphedema center, I met a young patient who was only about 10 years old at the time. Even as a child he was one of those inspiring, optimistic, “over-comers” who made a big...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 3, 2020 | COVID-19, Undaunted Spirit Award
I’ve talked about my inspirational patient, Morgan McCoy, who is my antidote to the COVID Blues. Morgan, her parents, her orthopedic surgeon (Dr. Kyle Dickson) and I recently participated in Virtual Wound Rounds with Frank Aviles. If you are involved in wound...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 19, 2020 | The Patient's Voice, Undaunted Spirit Award
If you are struggling with the COVID blues (like me) and need some encouragement, check out the editorial in the July issue of Today’s Wound Clinic. The theme of the issue was amputation prevention, and I asked Morgan McCoy to be the guest editor. Morgan is a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 30, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Undaunted Spirit Award
This event started as a project to help Physical Therapy students whose clinical rotations were cancelled but it has taken on a life of its own! I participated in the second one on diabetic foot ulcers. I can’t wait for this one because the keynote speaker is my...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 13, 2019 | Miscellaneous Musings, The Patient's Voice, Undaunted Spirit Award
With her permission, I am sharing the photo of this beautiful woman who had a cardiac arrest 6 months ago in conjunction with an acute MI, went into cardioenic shock and was kept alive with the help of a left ventricular assist device. She’s got a host of underlying...
