11 pieces of advice from the physician-patient

LAS VEGAS — In an emotional lecture at ACG 2016, Philip O. Katz, MD, gave his colleagues a look into what a patient experiences and how to best treat a peer.“My view from the other side of the bed has given me insight into a part of medicine that I had never experienced,” Katz, chairman of the division of gastroenterology at Einstein Medical Center and clinical professor of medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, said during the David Graham Lecture. “Do you believe in miracles? I said, ‘I kind of have to.’ ... But I actually believe I’m alive because of everything good about our profession, I believe I’m the beneficiary of everybody doing their best — not just the best they could. To me, that’s our obligation every day. To be our best no matter how freaking hard our job is.”