Faculty Bibliography

Grey's Anatomy [Television Program] -- The reality There is a hierarchy among physicians at academic medical centers, with attending physicians at the top, then fellows, residents, interns and medical students, says Dr. James P. Bradley, chief of pediatric plastic surgery at UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine

Private Practice [Television Program] -- The few that are large cause potentially fatal problems in infancy -- leading to severe heart failure (requiring surgical closure) or an increase in pressure in the lungs' blood vessels (requiring lung transplant)

Mercy [Television Program] -- The reality Dr. William L. Risser, director of adolescent medicine at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, says he would consider hepatitis, pancreatitis or pelvic inflammatory disease as the most likely causes of such pain and vomiting in an 11-year-old

In Treatment [Television Program] -- [...] though Jesse's symptoms of impulsivity and obsessive-compulsive behavior (such as his sexual acting-out and excessive worrying about his relationships) are common in Tourette syndrome, he lacks the jerking movements and vocal tics (including snorting, barking or blurting words) that are often seen with the disease

Royal Pains [Television Program] -- Because such an infection can quickly spread and become life-threatening, it should always be treated in the hospital, says Dr. Shawn Skerrett, professor of infectious diseases and pulmonary medicine at the University of Washington

Royal Pains [Television Program] -- The reality Ativan is an anti-anxiety medication that is not often chosen as a treatment for insomnia, says Dr. Fredric Weinbaum, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Southampton Hospital on Long Island, the hospital on which the show is based. Muscle spasms can sometimes be felt as a 'knotted muscle,' Morocco says, but it is also a 'garbage-can diagnosis' that is too easily assumed in a patient with back pain and normal results (including normal deep tendon reflexes) in a basic neurological exam

House [Television Program] -- House considers hypothyroidism -- but then Tanner suffers sudden paralysis, and House finally realizes that all her symptoms are due to a neck injury from an old car accident in which her leg was fractured and her son was killed

HawthoRNe [Television Program] -- The malformation is almost never life-threatening except in rare cases when it causes apnea (suspension of breathing), aspiration pneumonia (from breathing in foreign material) or a drop attack (sudden loss of muscle tone), says Dr. David Frim, chief of neurosurgery at Comer Children's Hospital of the University of Chicago

Vaccine manufacturers are blamed for using outdated technologies, delay in shipments and contaminated batches. The reason they are so targeted is because the American public is nervous about disease, and nervous about anything they put into their bodies to protect against it. And while they are nervous, they may forget to stop criticizing long enough to sing the praises of a manufacturer when a groundbreaking new vaccine comes along. It is time for the world to applaud a drug company's effort. If a manufacturer could win a Nobel, this might be the time