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Musing of a Contemporary Pathologist

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Stephen A. Geller is a nationally and internationally known pathologist with special interest in liver diseases, the autopsy and medical history. He is chairman emeritus of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he spent 28 years, and has taught pathology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, at UCLA and at Weill-Cornell in New York. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he now lives in Manhattan with his wife, Kate. In addition to hundreds of scientific articles, book chapters and two pathology textbooks ("Histopathology" and "Biopsy Interpretation of the Liver" in its second edition) his first novel, "A Little Piece of Me," was published in 2014. He has had 6 short stories published. He is currently completing other novels and short stories.

He is Our King – the birth and death of King Arthur through the ages

King Arthur (“Rex Arturus”) rides to seek the Holy Grail (11th century) mosaic, Otranto Cathedral, Puglia, Italy   Approximately 20 years ago an Arthurian scholar travelled through Cornwall and Wales, stopping in shops and pubs to try to determine if… Continue Reading →

October 3, 2019 6

Camembert

          My childhood was decidedly unsophisticated in many ways, including gastronomically. For the first decade of my life my parents and I lived with my maternal grandparents, both immigrants from different shtetls close to Vilnius in what is now Lithuania…. Continue Reading →

August 9, 2019 8

Fallen Leaves – a short story

2019 GNU Fiction Fallen Leaves By: Stephen A. Geller   Today, leaves just beginning to turn, Henry is scheduled to lunch with the new department chair. Henry’s brow furrows when he thinks about the chairman’s agenda for the meeting; there… Continue Reading →

July 17, 2019 4

Tsetse and Me

The tsetse fly is a member of the genus Glossina. This blood-sucking fly is indigenous to the equatorial area of Africa. There are about 30 known species and subspecies of tsetse files, but only nine belong to subspecies of G…. Continue Reading →

July 11, 2019 10

Medical Trivia #5: Johannes Lijdius Catherinus Pompe van Meerdervoort; a story of serendipity

Jeopardy category: Medical trivia Jeopardy answer: Johannes Lijdius Catherinus Pompe van Meerdervoort, the Netherlands Correct response: Who established the foundation for modern medical practice in Japan and from what country was he?   Many writers—generally of a certain (relatively advanced)… Continue Reading →

June 20, 2019 3

Adages, aphorisms and more …

Favorite aphorisms, adages, sayings and quotes – (mostly learned, a few made up) – collected over many years … aphorism: a terse saying embodying a universal truth or astute observation. adage: a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation…. Continue Reading →

April 16, 2019 9

Medical trivia #4: Billroth and Brahms

                          Using language to convey the magic of Brahms would be like using a wooden classroom ruler to measure the speed of light.          … Continue Reading →

March 6, 2019 4

Sweet Emma

The mostly unadorned, dark room slopes down from back to front. There’s room for perhaps 200 people but, as I soon learned, most stand and only about twenty people get to sit in the front, on the floor, on scattered… Continue Reading →

February 10, 2019 6

The greatest entertainer …

Some months ago, PBS broadcast a concert with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga. Bennett, who is 92 and about to begin a national tour, has, of course, been a major force in American music for many decades. Other than hearing… Continue Reading →

January 29, 2019 5

O. HENRY

Among my many inherited traits is a love of movies. Although not likely to be DNA-based, this characteristic, which was so strong in my mother, is one that I value highly and  that gives me great pleasure. I particularly love… Continue Reading →

January 3, 2019 9
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