It has been ages since I last drew a cartoon. I stopped drawing cartoons partially because I was busy, partially because my son broke my Wacom Tablet pen that I use to draw my cartoons, but the biggest reason I quit drawing cartoons was because I was too lazy. A recent Twitter phenomenon of posting…
Here is my latest version the Physician Specialty Pain Scale which is based off of the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2018. If you are not familiar with this yearly report, it is a compilation of over 20,000 physicians in 29 specialties that includes information such as salary and hours worked. In the past I used data…
I made this cartoon back in 2011 when it seemed like every Marvel Comic Book Hero was getting their own movie and the guys at Marvel were gearing up for the first Avengers movie. I was so excited for that Avengers movie back then. I can’t believe that 7 years later, I have my tickets and…
The “July Effect” is the perceived phenomenon of increased medical errors, medical costs, and patient deaths seen in teaching hospitals during the month of July which also happens to be the time when new graduates from medical school begin their residencies as brand new medical doctors. So is this a real phenomenon? Real or not,…
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These fitness gadgets seem to be all the rage. But as a sedentary radiologist who sits in front of a computer all day, I find them depressing. At least my wife likes them and says they have given her some positive results:
I hated studying history as a kid. Now, I love studying history. I thoroughly enjoy listening to books on history and historical fiction novels which inspire me to dig deeper into historical subjects. From all my studies in history, I have learned that while history does not repeat itself, human nature does and how humans…
This doctor cartoon was inspired by and dedicated to Dr. Frank Netter and his legendary artwork in the Atlas of Human Anatomy. This text should be the go to text for any anatomy course. I love Dr. Netter’s artwork and spent many hours studying it during medical school. At one point I was very interested in learning…
This inspiration came to me late at night at an airport in a foreign country where all the outlets were taken, the wifi didn’t work, and all the shops were closed so there was no caffeine available. Ugh. First world problems.
This cartoon was inspired by the popular children’s nursery rhyme about Humpty Dumpty who is portrayed as an egg and the fact that our heads are shaped like eggs on axial CT images. So naturally, I put the two together and made this cartoon. This cartoon also shows how reliant many specialties are on medical…
I love that my kids love to play the same Mario that I played when I was a kid. While the graphics and game play are much improved, the DNA is the same as Mario jumps on Goombas, bust bricks with his head, and consumes mushrooms to grow bigger. This got me wondering, what kind…