Author’s note: I often have been asked by medical students why I chose diagnostic radiology. The piece that follows answers this question. This editorial is part of what I hope will become a series in the Bulletin. I encourage the members of ACMS to tell their own stories of how or why they chose their medical specialties or type of practice.

My professional career did not begin in medicine. Both my father and my Uncle Dave were pharmacists, having graduated from the Albany College of Pharmacy (ACP, now Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences), in Albany, N.Y. I worked in their pharmacy on weekends and in the summers and, naturally, I was exposed to the profession.

Opinion

Editorial …………………………….70
Anglehopping
Deval (Reshma) Paranjpe, MD, FACS

Editorial …………………………….72
On the origin of anxieties
Anthony L. Kovatch, MD

Editorial ……………………………76
My virtual visit: A new frontier in care delivery
Andrea G. Witlin, DO, PhD

Editorial ……………………………78
Finding my niche: Diagnostic Radiology
Richard H. Daffner, MD, FACR

Perspective ……………………….83
A cure for diabetes: Is this possible in the next decade?
Michelle Roberts, MD

Departments

Membership Benefits …………80
ACMS Alliance News ………….84
Classifieds ………………………..84

Articles

Materia Medica …………………..86
First FDA-approved oral immunotherapy for children with peanut allergies: Palforzia
Ashley N. Roland, PharmD candidate

Legal Report ……………………..90
Privacy of medical records and personal information: Big Data, AI, expanded EHR Safe Harbors and consumer privacy
Michael A.

William K. Johnjulio, MD, was presented with the president’s pin and gavel at the Dec. 10 meeting of the ACMS Board of Directors, merely weeks prior to beginning his service as the 155th president of the Allegheny County Medical Society.

As ACMS president, Dr. Johnjulio’s vision for the year is three-fold, with goals focused on fiscal responsibility, providing support to independent physicians and creating relevance for employed providers.

“One of my goals is to create a trajectory toward fiscal responsibility for the society,” Dr. Johnjulio said. “In the past, the society has relied on investments and membership to stay financially sound, but I think it needs to broaden its horizons moving forward.”

During the terrible influenza epidemic of 1918, my grandmother was a young girl in India. But not too young to remember the piles of bodies of victims; there were so many daily influenza deaths that it was impossible for city workers, funerary workers and relatives to keep up with cremations. Her father was the Health Officer for the town of Poona under British rule, and while it was his responsibility to stay in town and oversee response to the epidemic, he sent his family away to safety on the high ground of Poona where the epidemic had not yet reached.

My great-grandfather’s brother decided to keep him company, and together the two men occupied a deserted ancient “vada” – a combination of a fort and villa and palace – in town.

Opinion

Editorial …………………………….38
Epidemic
Deval (Reshma) Paranjpe, MD, FACS

Editorial …………………………….40
Tears as teacher
Anna Evans Phillips, MD, MS

Editorial ……………………………42
‘If you like your doctor …’
Andrea G. Witlin, DO, PhD

Perspective ……………………….44
Breast elastography
Danielle Sharek, MD

Perspective ……………………….46
Modern Hippocratic Oath and Code of Medical Ethics
Kris Gopal, MD

Departments

Membership Benefits …………48
Society News …………………….50
• Pittsburgh Ophthalmology Society
• Pennsylvania Geriatrics Society – Western Division
• Greater Pittsburgh Diabetes Club
Activities & Accolades ………53
Classifieds ………………………..53
ACMS Alliance News …………54

Articles

Profile ……………………………….56
Newly installed ACMS president shares vision for 2020
Christina E. Morton

Materia Medica …………………..59