
Medicine & the Microphone: Discovering the True Healing Powers of Media From the Michael Smerconish Program
As a resident physician in Emergency Medicine, my day ranges from treating the common cold to a heart attack to a gunshot victim. The first question Michael asked me was – Why did I want to spend a month working with him? What does a doctor gain from learning about the media? The answer to this question lies in the parallels between professional journalism and medicine.





