2011 Asklepion and Shuffield Award Winners

Updated 3/2017-- photos and all links (except to my own posts) removed as many no longer active. 

The 2011 Arkansas Medical Society Annual Meeting was this past weekend.  Each year two awards are given:  the Asklepion Award and the Shuffield Award.

The Asklepion Award is presented to an AMS member physician who promotes the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health; embodies the values of the medical profession through leadership, service, excellence, integrity and ethical behavior; and enriches patients, colleagues and the community through dedicated medical practice.

This year’s recipient of the Asklepion Award is Morriss M. Henry, MD.  He is a retired ophthalmologist in Fayetteville who has been active in both medicine and in our state government since he began his practice in 1961.  He served as president of the AMS in 1982 and has served on multiple boards.  Dr. Henry served in the Arkansas legislature as State Representative (1967-1971) and State Senator (1971-1984).  He has been involved in many community endeavors, including the development of the Jones Eye Institute at UAMS and Hobbs State Park. 

The Shuffield Award is the highest honor in the medical community for a non-physician.  It recognizes an Arkansas who has done outstanding community work in the health care field.  The Shuffield Award is named in memory of Doctors Joe and Elvin Shuffield, a father and son physician team from Little Rock, who devoted their lives to improving the quality of health care in this state.

This year’s recipient of the Shuffield Award is Charles ‘Ship’ Mooney, Jr.  He has practiced law in Jonesboro, Arkansas for the past 28 years.  The award was given to him for the work he has done as the founder of “The Out of the Dark Movement” which he started in the fall of 2008.   He was spurred into action after reading in his local paper the report of 5 heroin overdoses in community youths.  His first action was to write a letter to the editor which was published.  This resulted in a public meeting regarding the issue at which 250 people showed up.  One hundred of them signed up to help try to solve local issues caused by chemical addiction in their community.  They now have more than a thousand volunteers.  (photo credit)

Shout Outs

Updated 3/2017:  all links removed as several no longer active and it was easier than going through each one.

Kim, Emergiblog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It is the LOL edition  which can be read  here

Welcome to the LOL edition of Grand Rounds!

I just adore the I Can Has Cheeseburger – LOL Cat site and the kittehs provide our background theme for the week.

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Kim, Emergiblog, is the host of the latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 4, No 15) ! You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.

It’s time again for Change of Shift, the bi-weekly nursing blog carnival!

It’s an eclectic selection this week: hospital to office, students and veterans, money and…well, poo-poo, disasters and preparedness…………..

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The need for help to Haiti continues. Anyone wishing to donate or provide assistance in Haiti is asked to contact the Center for International Disaster Information. Here is a list of organizations who need your help in providing care to Haiti:

• Clinton Foundation -- Donate online or Text "HAITI" to 20222 and $10 will be donated to relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.
• American Red Cross International Response Fund – Donate
• Doctors Without Borders
• The International Rescue Committee
• International Medical Corps
• Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund (1-888-256-1900)
• Partners in Health
• UNICEF (1-800-4UNICEF)
• UN World Food Program
• National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF)
• The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)

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Dr. Val has a few posts which feature first hand accounts on giving care in Haiti from physicians:

• Trauma Surgeon Flees Chaos Of Haiti: Needed Protection Of Jamaican Soldiers With M-16s To Escape Alive
• Live Reporting From Haiti: Dr. Paul Auerbach Calls Dr. Val Via Skype
• Dr. Paul Auerbach’s Update From Haiti
• Audio: What Is Needed Most In Haiti Now? Live Report From Hospital In Port Au Prince

and from ACP Internist comes the link to Mustard Seed Missions with more accounts from the ground in Haiti.

Jan Davis is in Les Cayes, a town of about 70,000 people about 100 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince. Her husband, Paul Davis, was expected to leave Hatfield this week to join his wife there. Two Northampton doctors, Ann Markes and her husband, Matt Kane, both of whom have worked in Haiti before, were planning to travel with him.

The Davises are the founders of Mustard Seed Missions Inc., a nonprofit group that organizes teams of local volunteers who, about twice a year, travel to Haiti to bring medical care to several remote villages outside Les Cayes.

and via Dr Wes: Haiti relief - getting the USNS Comfort there

and some thoughts on public affairs and how things are portrayed. An email from a Vietnam-era vet who is working aboard USNS Comfort.

and from Paul Levy, Running a Hospital: Dr. Smith's Sunday report

Here are excerpts of an email report received yesterday from Dr. R. Malcolm Smith, Chief of the Orthopaedic Trauma Service at Massachusetts General Hospital, hard at work in Haiti with the team there and with support folks back in Boston.(Embedded links are mine.)

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MedGadget has announced the finalists for the medical blog awards. Polls will be open from Wednesday, January 27, 2010 and will close 12 midnight on Sunday, February 14, 2010 (EST).  Se the list of finalist here.   Voting begins on January 27th.

The categories for this year's awards are:

-- Best Medical Weblog
-- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009)
-- Best Literary Medical Weblog
-- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
-- Best Patient's Blog

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Dr Anonymous does not appear to have a show scheduled this week.

Upcoming Dr. A Shows (9pm ET)
2/4 : Dean Brandon from Pediatric Dentistry blog
2/11 : Drew Griffin from Wound Care Education Institute
2/18 : Rhett and John from FireFighter Netcast

Shout Outs

Updated 3/2017: removed all links as several blogs/posts no longer active and it was easier than checking each one. 

 

Dr. John La Puma is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It looks at food and exercise in relationship to health.  You can read this week’s edition here.

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The need for help to Haiti continues.   Anyone wishing to donate or provide assistance in Haiti is asked to contact the Center for International Disaster Information.   Here is a list of organizations who need your help in providing care to Haiti:

• Clinton Foundation -- Donate online   or  Text "HAITI" to 20222 and $10 will be donated to relief efforts, charged to your cell phone bill.
• American Red Cross International Response Fund – Donate
• Doctors Without Borders
• The International Rescue Committee
• Mercy Corps Haiti Earthquake Fund (1-888-256-1900)
• Partners in Health
• UNICEF (1-800-4UNICEF) 
• UN World Food Program 

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Ever heard the story of  Phineas Gage?  Now you can read the story of how the first known photograph of him was identified in the Smithsonian article Phineas Gage: Neuroscience's Most Famous Patient written by Steve Twomey.

………….In December 2007, Beverly posted a scan of the image on Flickr, the photo-sharing Web site, and titled it “One-Eyed Man with Harpoon.” Soon, a whaling enthusiast e-mailed her a dissent: that is no harpoon, which suggested that the man was no whaler. Months later, another correspondent told her that the man might be Phineas Gage and, if so, this would be the first known image of him………..

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Jeffrey Leow, Vagis Surgicalis,  is a final year medical student at Monash University in Australia.  His article, Medical Trip to Vellore, India, on his recent mission trip is in the recent edition of The Lancet Student.

The last time I participated in a mission trip was back in January 2008 in Cambodia. That was part of my church’s 14-day evangelical and medical outreach. This time round, the medical trip had no religious component; it was organized by a student-run organization – Singapore Medical Society of Victoria (SMSV). SMSV aims to bridge the gap between medical students in Victoria and the healthcare industry in Singapore. They had previously organized a trip to Hainan Island, China. Past participants have commented they were able to step above and beyond their usual roles as medical students and do ’so much more’, e.g. perform a lipoma excision. As such, when I heard about an upcoming trip to India, I did not pass up the opportunity………….

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MedGadget is asking for nominations for the best of medical blogs.  You can make your nominations here by leaving a comment with your choice. Nominations will be accepted until Sunday, January 24, 2010

The categories for this year's awards are:

-- Best Medical Weblog
-- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2009)
-- Best Literary Medical Weblog
-- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
-- Best Patient's Blog

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Chris, Coppola: A Pediatric Surgeon in Iraq, tells us about Knitting for Troops 20/365 The Ships Project.  The site has a great list of patterns, also requirements on yarn type and color.

….one way to support the troops is by knitting comfort items like hats, slippers and neck coolers. I can tell you that when I was in Iraq in JAN I was freezing my patootie off!! M. had knit me a green camouflage blanket and a desert camouflage hoodie and they were put to good use!

A great place to start is the Ships Project.

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The Alliance for American Quilts announces its 4th annual contest.  The theme this year is “New from Old."

The rules are simple: quilts must be 16" x 16" (including a 4" sleeve and a label) and consist of three layers.  Contest quilts must be sent to the AAQ by May 31, 2010. The contest is also a fundraiser; all quilts become a donation to the organization and will be auctioned on eBay Nov. 8 - Dec. 6, 2010 to benefit the AAQ and its mission to document, preserve and share the history of quilts and quilt makers. Visit the AAQ website for full contest information including a downloadable entry form.

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 Dr Anonymous does not appear to have a show  scheduled this week.   

Upcoming Dr. A Shows (9pm ET)
2/4 : Dean Brandon from Pediatric Dentistry blog
2/11 : Drew Griffin from Wound Care Education Institute

You may want to listen to the shows in his Archives.  Here are some to get you started:

GruntDoc, Sid Schwab, Dr. Val, Kevin MD, Rural Doctoring, Emergiblog, Crzegrl, Dr. Wes, TBTAM, Gwenn O'Keeffe, Bongi, Paul Levy, John Halamka, and ScanMan

Shout Outs

 Updated 3/2017-- photos and all links removed as many are no longer active and it's easier than checking each one.

David Williams, Health Business Blog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It's a wonderful edition. Read it here.

Welcome to Grand Rounds 5:24 at the Health Business Blog. This is my fifth or sixth time hosting, depending on how you count things. Hope you like it.
Follow me on Twitter if you like.

The winner of the first medical Aussie blogger award is announced by Dr Cris who organized the award.

A bouncing first year for this award has been capped off by a worthy win by…
PRN Penguin
Congratulations!*
Prn Penguin writes:

I’m a sometimes irritatingly enthusiastic RN, working in an ICU, who is committed to the delivery of the best quality care possible. I love my job.

Let’s support Shadowfax again this year as he gets ready to shave his head for pediatric cancer research. He is raising money in Henry’s (Dr Smak’s son) name. Please, consider donating even just a small amount. Thank you.

I will be participating in the St Baldrick's program to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. I will be shaving my head at Fado's Pub in Chicago on March 13, sacrificing my beautiful locks to the cause of finding cures for these terrible diseases. Last year, we did the same, and Nathan's Network raised just about $40,000. You, my readers, were instrumental in helping us achieve that goal.
So, again, I ask you to consider donating whatever sum you can -- simply click on the image below and it will take you to the secure online donation site. The top donor will get first swipe with the razor, should he or she care to come to Chicago! All donors will receive an image of my glistening bald scalp and an extra helping of good karma.

Dr Wes points us to a news article that tells the story of a heart attack. Dr Wes points out that Mr. Taylor’s story demonstrates how people tend to react to new chest pain with denial.

Mark Taylor, a veteran health reporter for Post-Tribune, tells the story of his heart attack rather humorously. Gratefully, all turned out just fine.

Just for fun – Lacing in Style – a link shared with me by Vijay on twitter.  This is one of 15 different ways to lace up your shoes.

1. The lace is run straight across the bottom and emerges through both bottom eyelets
2. The ends are looped back under the lace where it feeds under the side of the shoe
3. The ends are then crossed over each other, then they go under and out through the next set of eyelets up the shoe
4. Steps 2 and 3 are repeated until both ends reach the top eyelets.

This week Dr Anonymous will be a re-broadcast of the discussion with Dr. Gwenn & Dr. Bryan Vartabedian author of blog "Parenting Solved" The show begins at 9 pm EST.

Shout Outs

 Updated 3/2017 -- photos and all links removed as many no longer active and it was easier than checking each one.

Kim, Emergiblog, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. Read this edition here.

When I was contemplating hosting Grand Rounds, did I realize that I was hosting a compilation of serious interdisciplinary dialogue relating to the practice of health care?
Did I understand the enormity of the task I had chosen to undertake?
Heck yes I did!
I chose to use a “Napoleon Dynamite” theme anyway as that is pretty much the coolest movie ever made.
If you’ve seen it, you’ll get it. If you haven’t, you’ll think I’m nuts (but I have great nunchuk skills….)!
So grab your coffee, and get ready for a good read!
Or, as Napoleon’s Grandma says, “just make yourself a dang quesa-dilluh!”
Welcome to Grand Rounds…

Our fellow medical Aussie bloggers have their own award. Voting is now open.  The finalists are:

• AEQUANIMITAS
• Degranulated
• Life in the Fast Lane
• Prn Penguin
• Vagus Surgicalis

Congratulations to all the nominees. Go vote for your favorite here. Voting is open until February 20th.

As you know, Australia has had horrible bushfires recently with loss of entire communities, businesses, homes, and lives. Knowing I quilt, Dr Cris sent this tweet out. I’ve made a few blocks already. Hope some of you will do the same.

DrCris Just found this: People piecing quilts to send to Victorians in wake of bushfires http://flickr.com/groups/bu...

The first edition of “A Source of Inspiration” is up. Trauma Junkie, Surviving RT School, who began this new carnival is off to a great start. You can read the first edition here.

Check out this story of Dr Eugene Alford in the March 2009 issue of Reader’s Digest, “His Own Medicine”. He is a facial plastic surgeon at Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX. He was paralyzed in an accident, but with a lot of physical therapy and community/family support has made it back to the OR as the surgeon.

Medgadet has a nice “farewell” to a medical giant, Dr. Willem Johan (Pim) Kolff, who died recently.

Dr. Willem Johan (Pim) Kolff, one of the most prolific inventors of new medical devices, has passed away at age 97 in Philadelphia. Dr Kolff led a long and productive life, and through his genius he saved and greatly improved the lives of thousands of others. From external dialysis machines to the CardioWest artificial heart, Dr Kolff was one of the revolutionaries that successfully introduced practical devices to the medical world.

A Repository for Bottled Monsters has this announcement:

On Saturday, February 28, from 2-5 p.m. the NMHM will host a Knitting for Marines charity event to make and distribute helmet liners to Marines stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The liners help to protect our Marines and keep them warm during the harsh winters in these countries.
If you don't know how to knit in the round, this is a great time to learn. Instructors will be on site to help you through the project. If you are an experienced knitter and wish to get an early start on the project, you may download the knitting pattern.

This week Dr Anonymous will be talking with From Medskool. The show begins at 9 pm EST.

You can check out the archives of his Blog Talk Radio show. Here is the upcoming schedule:

2/26: Co-host Dr. Gwenn
3/5: Podcamp Ohio
3/12: Mudphudder
3/19: Trauma Junkie

Shout Outs

 Updated 3/2017 -- all links removed as many no longer active and it was easier than checking each one.

Jenni Prokopy, Chronic Babe, is this week's host of Grand Rounds. It is the “totally Babelicious!” edition and can be read here.

Call us biased, but we think chicks rule. There's a ton of health information on the 'net, but often, medical research and reporting focus more on men—so we thought it was high time the ladies got a little attention in Grand Rounds, a showcase for the best health and medical writing on the web.

We had a stand-out winner this week:

Normally when we host Grand Rounds, we don't play favorites...but this time we made an exception. Doc Gurley takes the video approach in teaching Babes anything and everything they need to know about (drum-roll, please) The Lost Tampon! It's a serious women's health topic, with a very un-serious approach. Watch, giggle, and learn.

The second edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 15) for 2009 is hosted by Kim, Emergiblog! Kim, as always, did a great job. I hope you will check it out. You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.

Welcome back to Emergiblog, for the post-inaugural edition of Change of Shift!
If you didn’t get a chance to check out this week’s Grand Rounds, hosted by Dr. Val of Getting Better With Dr. Val and presented at MedPage Today, be sure to do so!
As is the custom on Emergiblog, since the “theme” is nursing, I’ll present the submissions themselves as the theme of the edition.

MedGadget has announced the winners of the 2008 Medical Weblog Awards. Wow, what a great list of blogs!

Best Medical Weblog

• Kevin, M.D.

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)

• Life in the Fast Lane

Best Literary Medical Weblog

• Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog

• Clinical Correlations

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog

• Respectful Insolence

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog

• Life as a Healthcare CIO

Best Patient's Blog

• Six Until Me

Let’s support Shadowfax again this year as he gets ready to shave his head for pediatric cancer research.

I will be participating in the St Baldrick's program to raise funds for pediatric cancer research. I will be shaving my head at Fado's Pub in Chicago on March 13, sacrificing my beautiful locks to the cause of finding cures for these terrible diseases. Last year, we did the same, and Nathan's Network raised just about $40,000. You, my readers, were instrumental in helping us achieve that goal.

So, again, I ask you to consider donating whatever sum you can -- simply click on the image below and it will take you to the secure online donation site. The top donor will get first swipe with the razor, should he or she care to come to Chicago! All donors will receive an image of my glistening bald scalp and an extra helping of good karma.

Hat tip to Uveal Blues: How Our Eyes See vs. How Our Cameras See by Allen Weitz

The human eye, with support from the brain (the fastest CPU on the planet), visually reconstructs our surroundings in real-time as we go about our days and nights. Describing the human eye and how it interprets the world around us in terms of camera optics is a tricky process to explain, and that's before we even get to the 'how does it compare to my camera' part of the story.

Hat tip to WhiteCoat. It is a very moving story which many of us will be able to relate to.

An extremely powerful story about an intern on her first day in the emergency department in Medscape Emergency Medicine
Some of my most vivid memories of emergency medicine involve situations such as hers.

The 2008 Finalists—Medical Weblog Awards

Updated 3/2017 -- all links removed as many no longer active and it was easier than checking each one. 

MedGadget has announced the list of finalists for the 2008 Medical Weblog Awards. Wow, what a great list of blogs!

Last year I was honored to be nominated in the “best new medical blog” category and this year I somehow have been nominated for the “best medical weblog”. Just look at the finalists in that category! What company to be in!

The polls are now open. Please, go vote.
Best Medical Weblog
Clinical Cases and Images
Clinical Correlations
The Health Care Blog
Kevin, M.D.
WSJ Health Blog

Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)
Laika's MedLibLog
Life in the Fast Lane
medtechinsider
The New Health Dialogue
Science-Based Medicine

Best Literary Medical Weblog
Notes of an Anesthesioboist
On The Clock
other things amanzi
Reflections by Dr. Bruce Campbell
Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time

Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
Clinical Cases and Images
Clinical Correlations
scan man's notes

Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
Better Health
The Last Psychiatrist
Stuart Laidlaw's Medical Ethics blog
Medical Futility
Respectful Insolence

Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
AppleQuack
Clinical Cases and Images
Life as a Healthcare CIO
medtechinsider
Ted Eytan, MD
TomographyBlog

Best Patient's Blog
Alin's Site
Beating Social Anxiety
Brass and Ivory: Life with Multiple Sclerosis
ButYouDontLookSick
Confessions Of A CF Husband
Duncan Cross
Furious Seasons
Look Me In The Eye
Running for My Life: Fighting cancer one step at a time
Six Until Me
Soulful Sepulcher
Survive the Journey

Shout Outs

Updated 3/2017-- photos and all links (except to my own posts) removed as many no longer active. and it was easier than checking each one. 

The winning bidder of the Hawaiian Lobster Quilt is  Dr Bruce Campbell!  The winning bid was $450.  Between the winning bid and the multiple donations, $950  was raised for the  Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation – MD since December 1st.    Donations can still be made  to the charity here.   Many thanks to you all!

Laurie,  A Chronic Dose, is this week's host of Grand Rounds.   It’s the “Best of” edition!  You can read it here.

It’s the time of year when the “Best of ” lists start popping up everywhere. As a writer, I pay the most attention to the holiday book lists and that is where I got the inspiration for this edition’s theme. Quality writing is a gift to everyone who reads it, so I challenged the medical blogosphere to send me the best writing of the year--the funniest, most poignant, most controversial, etc. What follows are the Best Posts of 2008, as selected by each of the 49 bloggers who submitted to this week’s Rounds.

(*= Editor’s Choice. Think of these posts as the best of the "Best Of...")

The latest edition of Change of Shift (Vol 3, No 12) is now up over at Marijke: Nurse Turned Writer !  You can find the schedule and the COS archives at Emergiblog.  It comes complete with a video introduction (a first for COS).    The issue is on “The changing face of nursing”.  Go check it out.

MedGadget is asking for nominations for the best of  medical blogs.  Last year I was honored to be nominated in the “best new medical blog” category.  You can make your nominations here by leaving a comment with your choice. 

The categories for this year's awards are:
-- Best Medical Weblog
-- Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2008)
-- Best Literary Medical Weblog
-- Best Clinical Sciences Weblog
-- Best Health Policies/Ethics Weblog
-- Best Medical Technologies/Informatics Weblog
-- Best Patient's Blog

A little humor from a new medical blogger, Your ER Doc, but also some caution (photo credit) on the ill effects that the holidays can place on us. 

I see patients with anxiety just about every single shift, and the winter holiday season definitely ramps things up a lot. The holidays are just plain stressful. However, I suspect that a lot of the medical problems I see are indirectly caused from holiday stress as well.

From the Quilt Gallery Newsletter (Issue 7), some links that are very nice if you are interested in women, quilts, and history:

Judy Anne Breneman has published a series of Old Testament Bible Quilt Block Patterns (pictured)
Women On Quilts
The Alliance for American Quilts
Womenfolk: The Art of Quilting
Quilters Spirit
Patterns from History (Free quilt patterns)
Patches from the Past (History of Quilts)

This week  Dr Anonymous will be his Christmas Show on his  Blog Talk Radio show.  I hope you will check it out.  So come join us this Thursday night at 8 pm CST (or 1 am GMT) both to listen to the show and to participate in the chat room. That's where all the fun is.

Arte y pico Award

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I’ve just been given this award by Chrysalis Angel.  This is why she says I deserve it:

For creativity, her site can not be beaten. She not only sutures for a living, but she sutures for fun. She makes some of the most beautiful, amazing quilts. I don’t know how she finds the time. She is also someone I call friend. I felt a connection with her immediately. She understands how I feel about babies with fur (dogs). You all will love her blog. She is also a huge amount of support for me right now, which I appreciate.

Thank you CA! 
The rules are as follows:
1.You have to pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award in terms of creativity, design, interesting material, and general contributions to the blogger community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each winner has to show the award and give the name and link to the blog that has given him or her the award itself.
4. Each winner and each giver of the prize has to show the link of “Arte y pico” blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5. To show these rules.

I, like CA, always worry about making these choices, but here goes:
1.  Penny Sanford's Porcelains -- Penny lives in Mississippi and is a sculptor, quilter, Westie dog rescuer, family historian, sharer of recipes, etc. 
2.  Nobody Important who describes herself as "Retired from hospital pharmacy, wasting too much time reading blogs and surfing the internet and now addicted to Second Life. Who said retirement was easy?"  Her blog covers books, family, travels, etc.
3.  Theresa, Rural Doctoring, who's blog I really enjoy.  She covers her medical practice (hospitalist and family doctor who delivers babies), books, rural life, and recently her time with Zippy the Lobster.
4.  T, Notes of an Anesthesioboist, who writes so well about practicing anesthesiology, learning to play the oboe, her family, books, etc
5.  The Sterile Eye who is a Norwegian medical photographer.  I love all the videos he shares with us.  He is very good at his job and writes well too.

2007 Medical Weblog Awards Winners!

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BEST MEDICAL BLOG:
Running a Hospital, the blog by Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel-Deaconess in Boston, MA
Other finalists: Kevin, MD , Surgeonsblog , Respectful Insolence, and DiabetesMine

BEST NEW MEDICAL BLOG:

Dr. Val, and the Voice of Reason Part of the Revolution Health Network, she brings a very human approach to medicine, balancing news and research with anecdotes and humor. Congratulations Dr Val!

Other finalists: Doctor David's Blog, The Happy Hospitalist, The Physician Executive, and Suture for a Living.

BEST LITERARY MEDICAL BLOG:

Random Acts of Reality by Tom Reynolds of the London Ambulance Service. Tom's gripping tales from the frontlines of the human condition are what won him this category in 2005 (the year he also took top honors for Best Medical Blog).

Other nominees included Dr. Hébert's Medical Gumbo, intueri, A Chronic Dose, and Surgeonsblog.

BEST HEALTH POLICIES / ETHICS BLOG:
Running a Hospital, see above. Yes, it won two awards!!

Other finalists: Dr. Wes (who will be the guest on Dr Anonymous' Blog Talk Radio show tonight--check it out), The Physician Executive, Respectful Insolence, and the Carlat Psychiatry blog

BEST MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES / INFORMATICS BLOG:

They've got a bit of a dilemma here. So are going to hold off on naming a winner in this category, until they review the voting data, and consult an ethicist (perhaps one of the nominees in the previous category...)

BEST CLINICAL SCIENCES WEBLOG:

New York Emergency Medicine, the innovative new blog that features interviews with leading figures in EM, quizzes with cash prizes, and interesting medical and legal case discussions.

Other finalists: Sumer's Radiology Site (who won in 2005), Clinical Cases and Images, and Aetiology.

BEST PATIENT BLOG:
Chronic Babe, a site created for young women by Jenni Prokopy who faces her debilitating chronic illness with a positive outlook.
Other finalists: Six Until Me, Billy Bob's Wild Ride, The biopsy report, and DiabetesMine (see above, nominated for best blog)

Congratulations to all the winners!

I'm Still in the Running!

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I was surprise (but pleased) when I was nominated in the Best New Medical Weblog (established in 2007) category. I'd like thank those that thought enough of my blog to nominate me. It's amazing to me that I made the cut of all the wonderful blogs out there to become a finalist. I'm honored. I feel like I've already won. Thank you. If you feel so inclined, head on over to Medgadget to record your vote. The other four (very worthy) blogs in this category are:

Doctor David's Blog
Dr. Val and The Voice of Reason
The Happy Hospitalist
The Physician Executive

And I love this comment by Dr Paul Levy regarding this election: "Federal campaign laws apply to this contest. No cash contributions above the legal limits, please. And, I do not accept contributions from tobacco companies . . . ."

"Roar" for Junkfood Science

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Sandy Szwarc who writes Junkfood Science has been awarded a "Roar". I wanted to congratulate her. Her site does not allow comments, so this is my way of doing just that.

She was given the award by Harriet Brown, a journalist who writes passionately about issues important to women and children. The "Roar" award is a project launched at The Shameless Lions Writing Circle to celebrates the best and most powerful writing in the blogosphere.

Congratulations to Sandy at Junkfood Science. Keep up the great work. If you have never checked out her blog, please, do so.

Medical Blog Awards

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Thanks for nominating me for the Best NEW Medical Blog Award. I am honored that I have readers. Many thanks to all of you.


Here is the list of the other (very worthy) nominees:
Belaray Dermatology
Canadian Medicine
Corazén Hispano
Dr Shock MD PhD
EverythingHealth
The Happy Hospitalist
MedBlog.nl
NY Emergency Medicine
Update (12-21-2007)
These have been nominated since I first posted this:
Baby blue pyjamas
The Derm Blog
KOLAHUN
The Physician Executive
Unprotected Text
Update (12-26-2007)
More nominations for the Best New Medical Blog 2007 Award:
CareerMedicine
Dr. Val and The Voice of Reason
A fortunate man
Mousethinks
Prudence, M.D.
Respiratory Therapy 101: Just Keep Breathing
TomographyBlog

My First Award

Updated 3/2017-- photo and all links removed as many are no longer active and it was easier than checking each one.



Yesterday, I was given the ‘Be The Blog‘ award…

…created by Mark at Me and My Drum for bloggers who make their blog their own, stay with it, are interactive with their readers, and just plain have fun. I was given the award by ScanMan. I understand this is not a meme. I have I found the space in my sidebar and but Vijay has picked the friends who are inextricably linked to their blogs and to whom I would pass it along. I hope that don't mind being nominated twice.

Moof (All Blogged Up -- A Moof's Tale)
Lakshmi (I Think--too much)
Enrico (Mexico Med Student)
Rob (Dr Rob)
Bongi (other things amanzi)



To this list I would add a few quilting bloggers
Jude (Spirit Cloth)
Kate (Kate's Quilting Blog)
Penny (Penny Sanford)
Thank you Vijay.