by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Writing
As I have discussed before (Herodotus and Why should Physicians Should Avoid “Going Viral”), I am no fan of professionals—especially physicians—going viral. But I do like the idea of “going fungal”. It’s a slow, steady, and consistent growth strategy, relatively...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Photography, Writing
This week, on my drive home after my Saturday morning photoshoot (where I took the above photograph), I came up with what I thought was a new, super-cool hashtag: #Phoetry: A photograph-inspired poem. To my surprise—and momentary dismay—when I got home I found this...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
Although, like most physicians, I fancy myself a writer, I will never fancy myself a good writer until I have mastered the table above, and have forever excised the verb form of the word impact from my writing for everything other than boxing matches and car...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
The guillotine is a hungry mistress, and will eventually turn on those feeding it. Consider the two leaders of the French Revolution, Georges-Jacques Danton, and Maximilien Robespierre, both of who led the charge against the unjust Ancien Régime, but both of which...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Revenue, Physician Career
With rare exceptions, today my answer would be no. Why? Because I think for most people the debt burden (which on average is around $200,000) is simply too high, and it will drive nearly every quality of life/career choices for 10-15 years after medical school....
