The Hotel Doctor

Returning from a week’s vacation, I took my phone off call-forwarding. Knowing that I keep detailed records, the colleague who covered E-ma...

"Can you go to Pasadena?” asked a dispatcher from Expressdoc, a housecall service. I could. “Bloating and nausea,” was the reply w...

I belong to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), the leading organization for family doctors with about 100,000 members. My ph...

There is no quick drive to Hollywood. I can take the freeway north through the San Fernando Valley, a twenty mile trip. Or I can take it e...

I made a housecall to the Four Seasons recently. Years ago, I shared the Four Seasons elevator with Robert Duvall. He was reading a script,...

A wave of heat poured out of the guest’s room as he opened the door. “Another year has passed,” I reminded myself. May 13 marked Los...

A travel insurer sent me to Koreatown, an older area of Los Angeles, home to a mixture of Koreans and Hispanics. It’s a colorful neighbor...