Slowly, I insert the needle, withdrawing the straw-colored fluid from John’s lung cavity. Only 35 years old, his extreme shortness of breath brought him in. His x-ray shows a right-sided whiteout, with his thoracentesis the first step to his eventual cancer diagnosis. I see his future of chemo, resection, and radiation. And then I cry.
Jeff Druck, MD
Professor, Vice Chair for Faculty Advancement, Transformation, and Wellbeing, Department of Emergency Medicine
Jeff loves helping people get where they want to go. He likes to go to the gym, snowboard, and bike, but his most important role is as father of four kids (ages 19, 17 15, and 13), where he sometimes does an excellent job and other times comes in under the bar.
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