Comments on: 20 Questions: Harry Rosen, MD [Hospitalist, Author]

By: B. Ayob

B. Ayob — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:24:43 +0000

I am proud of you, because it is nice to see a hospitalist who takes pride in what he does, I am with IPC but not week on/week off, but Mon/Friday job, and for 2 years to know whether I am gonna love it to practice it as long term one,,,, what do you think in this regards? I am interested in nephrology as well.

thanks

By: Jackie F

Jackie F — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:47:09 +0000

Wow, inspiring. I’m a junior/senior political science major right now who just fell in love with medicine and the human body.

Everyone is essentially screaming in my face “my god, you have no chance of being a doctor,” and “why on earth would you want to be a doctor.” So, it’s discouraging; but I’m set in my goal.

The answer “That all it takes to become a physician is the will” is really uplifting and hits close to home. Thank you!

By: thomas ellenwood

thomas ellenwood — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:40:18 +0000

I would like to know what type of fringe benefits you get and what type of certification you need and when you have to renew it. It is for a high school project

Thanks

By: SCIronMike

SCIronMike — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:41:09 +0000

Dr. Rosen was my attending when I was a transitional year intern at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center. He’s a great guy who really knows his stuff. He used to carry the rough draft of this book around in his coat pocket, and we’d reference it often. VERY useful.

By: one too many

one too many — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 05:04:12 +0000

Overpopulation is the biggest problem in health care today? Overpopulation has never been proven to be true, but because it’s scary and interesting, it recieved a lot of press. A lot of people worry needlessly over doomsayers’ predictions. People lose credibility when they say things like this.

By: crazylegs

crazylegs — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:31:17 +0000

I bought his book when I was a 4th year med student, and I am very impressed with it. It is detailed enough for home studying as well as perfectly concise for quick lookups when on call. Thank you, Dr. Rosen, for creating a fantastic solution for the problem of too much info vs. too little info with regards to reference books!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:58:25 +0000

“What information/advice do you wish you had known when you were a premed? (What mistakes or experiences have you encountered that you wished you had known about ahead of time so you could have avoided them?)

That all it takes to become a physician is the will.”

I like that statement and I’m sure it hits home for all of those, myself included, with sub-par stats!

By: Zachary Emmons

Zachary Emmons — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:15:06 +0000

It’s refreshing and encouraging to hear from a physician who still loves what he does for a living. Thank you