Why have others write on my blog? The short and sweet answer is: fresh perspectives. I shared with you several journal entries from my friend Michael Polifka’s international medical experiences. I believe this provides an interesting viewpoint on what we do here and helps keep medicine grounded in its core values. I have been on this medical staff for 27 years. I’m a local. Dr. Martin Luloff is an experienced pediatrician who is new to our medical staff. His perspective on our medical staff, our community, and health care in this system is a fresh look. Good leaders should always be asking for input and seeking to learn. I look forward to adding Marty’s point of view to my commentaries.
Flatlander Pediatrician…Reflections of an SVHC Rookie
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Dr. Martin Luloff
SVMC's Newest Pediatrician
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Why does a pediatrician from a successful multiprovider practice in Massachusetts and faculty member at the University of Massachusetts Medical School decide to give up a known quantity and move up to Bennington, Vermont to join Southwestern Vermont Health Care?
That’s a question that I had to answer for myself, my wife and my colleagues. The challenge of starting a new practice from scratch to see if “I still had it” to have the opportunity to live full time in a state that my family has loved for over 20 years.
These were some of the answers, but after my first visit to SVHC the most important answer was to have the opportunity to truly make a difference for a wonderful community and to be able to practice with a group of like minded and excellent physicians and support staff in a hospital dedicated to providing the best care possible at a time of shrinking health care dollars…and after 4 months of practice here, I haven’t had one day when I felt that I made the wrong choice.
In the weeks that follow, I will try to explain why practicing in this environment provides all the rewards both personal and professional that any physician could hope for.
Until next time…Marty Luloff, MD, FAAP