Any doctor seeing patients has had to field questions unrelated to their specialty.
Although patients know our specialty, they don’t think of us as just their gastroenterologist or their endocrinologist — they think of us as their doctor and believe we’re supposed to know everything. Patients place a tremendous amount of trust in us, and I am always concerned about providing the best guidance on a medical condition that is outside my area of expertise.
I’m a gastroenterologist. I care for patients with GI issues and perform endoscopic procedures. I (Read more...)