Dharam Persaud-Sharma, MD, PhD
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Pain medicine has expanded rapidly in both scope and technical complexity over the past two decades. At the same time, uncertainty surrounding fellowship recruitment, workforce stability, and long-term career sustainability has become more visible. While pain medicine is often described…
Pain medicine has expanded rapidly in both scope and technical complexity over the past two decades. At the same time, uncertainty surrounding fellowship recruitment, workforce stability, and long-term career sustainability has become more visible. While pain medicine is often described as an evolving interdisciplinary specialty, current trends suggest a broader structural question: whether the systems supporting training, research, and workforce development are evolving at the same pace as the therapies …
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The evolving structural challenges of modern pain medicine
Conditions and diseases
The cabin was quiet in that familiar, suspended way airplanes always are with a steady engine hum, passengers absorbed in movies, sleep, and anticipation with the intermittent crying child. It was an ordinary flight. Until it wasn't. The overhead speaker…
The cabin was quiet in that familiar, suspended way airplanes always are with a steady engine hum, passengers absorbed in movies, sleep, and anticipation with the intermittent crying child. It was an ordinary flight. Until it wasn’t. The overhead speaker crackled without warning. “If there is a doctor on board, please identify yourself.”
The voice was calm. The effect was not. Just a row behind me, a child no more than …
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In-flight medical emergencies: Are planes prepared?
Physician voices
It begins with thunder. Not just the kind that splits the sky, but the kind that settles into the chest — low, rolling, remembered. It's been years since the hurricane, but each crack of lightning still pulls my body into…
It begins with thunder. Not just the kind that splits the sky, but the kind that settles into the chest — low, rolling, remembered. It’s been years since the hurricane, but each crack of lightning still pulls my body into defense. I never used to be afraid of storms. Now, my body remembers before my mind does.
That night, I was post-call. Exhausted, planning to ride out the storm the way …
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How a doctor defied a hurricane to save a life
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Kobe Bryant's impact on my life and career stretches far beyond the basketball court. The essence of his spirit—his commitment to excellence, his relentless pursuit of mastery, and his unyielding work ethic—has inspired me not only in the game of…
Kobe Bryant’s impact on my life and career stretches far beyond the basketball court. The essence of his spirit—his commitment to excellence, his relentless pursuit of mastery, and his unyielding work ethic—has inspired me not only in the game of basketball but in the field of medicine as well.
Kobe came into my life as Michael Jordan was leaving the game. While I was fortunate enough to witness the latter half …
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A tribute to Kobe Bryant: inspiration beyond the game
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It was something out of an Indian Bollywood movie. My best friend, Raj, found a girl he liked and was completely captivated by her. We had never seen Raj with such a glow – but for our group of friends,…
It was something out of an Indian Bollywood movie. My best friend, Raj, found a girl he liked and was completely captivated by her. We had never seen Raj with such a glow – but for our group of friends, we knew something was different with Raj, and I dare say he was in “love.” For reference, he is the kind of man who is honest, loyal, trustworthy, and …
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A doctor’s broken heart: lessons learned from a failed relationship
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I always wondered what the saying "the apple falls so closely to the tree" meant. I never bought into the concept of similar cliché sayings of “like father like son” or “mother like daughter.” I viewed these ideas as being…
I always wondered what the saying “the apple falls so closely to the tree” meant. I never bought into the concept of similar cliché sayings of “like father like son” or “mother like daughter.” I viewed these ideas as being founded upon by poorly defined concepts of traits and inheritance. Such notions completely undermine the ideology of “I think, therefore I am” as coined by Rene Descartes. I maintain that …
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Preventive medicine requires us to lead by example
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It was just a regular hot and humid Saturday morning in Miami, and I was on my way out of a local Walmart after buying a few items. As I walked to my car at the end of the parking…
It was just a regular hot and humid Saturday morning in Miami, and I was on my way out of a local Walmart after buying a few items. As I walked to my car at the end of the parking lot, I heard a voice asking me “Son, any change?” In a neighborhood that is known to have a disproportionately large amount of vagrants, I did what I usually do …
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