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Being a doctor sometimes extends far beyond our own patients

Susan D. Klugman, MD
Physician
April 29, 2015

I boarded the 8:30 Metro-North railroad train home from Manhattan recently after leaving a medical meeting. It had been a long and productive day, but now I was searching for a mint in my pocketbook because I had a weird taste in my mouth. All I found was a lollipop.

Just before the train left Grand Central, a family of three hurried on and sat near me. The father said, “My …

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Being a doctor sometimes extends far beyond our own patients

It’s OK to laugh after a procedure

Susan D. Klugman, MD
Conditions and Diseases
March 31, 2014

She asked me, “Is it OK to laugh?”

My patient Linda, who was only 12 weeks pregnant, had just had a chorionic villus sampling, or CVS. During this procedure, a small piece of placenta (chorionic villi) is removed via a long, thin needle inserted into the woman’s uterus, and then the sample is sent to a laboratory for genetic analysis. My patient fell into the category of advanced maternal age, and …

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