Ricardo Cruciani was known as a gifted neurologist. But Manhattan prosecutors said he took advantage of his patients’ chronic pain. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Doctors”
A Prominent Manhattan Doctor Is Accused of Sexual Assault
By Gotham Rex on June 7, 2022
Dr. Kevin M. Cahill performed abusive and unnecessary examinations, a former patient claims in a lawsuit, and pursued her romantically for years. His lawyer says the exams were appropriate. Source: New York Times
William G. Hamilton, Doctor to Dancers, Is Dead at 90
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2022
Invited by George Balanchine to be the in-house orthopedic surgeon at City Ballet in New York, he laid the groundwork for the field of dance medicine. Source: New York Times
How Oni and Uché Blackstock, Doctors, Spend Their Sundays
By Gotham Rex on March 18, 2022
The twin sisters, who have been go-to experts during the pandemic, are outspoken on racial inequities in health care. Source: New York Times
Margaret Giannini, Champion of People With Disabilities, Dies at 100
By Gotham Rex on December 11, 2021
After meeting the parents of children with a range of disabilities, she decided almost on the spot to start a clinic to treat such children exclusively. Source: New York Times
On Rikers Island, A Doctor for Older Detainees
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
Insights from Dr. Rachael Bedard, a jail-based geriatrician. Source: New York Times
Joseph I. Kramer, the ‘Country Doctor’ of Avenue D, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on September 8, 2021
Shunning the New Jersey suburbs in 1969, he set up a pay-what-you-can practice on the blighted Lower East Side and for three decades was a hero to the poor. Source: New York Times
Health Care Workers in New York Must Get Vaccinated, Cuomo Says
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2021
The mandate will apply to all hospitals, nursing homes and adult care facilities, public and private. Source: New York Times
The Rationing of a Last-Resort Covid Treatment
By Gotham Rex on July 12, 2021
While ventilator shortages have been largely averted in the U.S., this lifesaving therapy is scarce. How to choose which critically ill patients get it? Source: New York Times
Editor of JAMA Leaves After Outcry Over Colleague’s Remarks on Racism
By Gotham Rex on June 1, 2021
Dr. Howard Bauchner will step down after another editor suggested “taking racism out of the conversation” on a journal podcast. Source: New York Times
How to Vaccinate Homebound Seniors? Take the Shots to Them.
By Gotham Rex on March 22, 2021
Millions of older Americans, chronically ill and trapped at home, pose a big challenge to inoculation efforts. Doctors are on it. Source: New York Times
How a Neurosurgeon (and Netflix Star) Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on February 13, 2021
“I exhaust myself mentally during the week,” said Dr. David Langer, whose down time includes reading and walks in Central Park. Source: New York Times
What It’s Like to Give the Covid Vaccine
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
A doctor couple is working to get disadvantaged communities “their fair shot at getting the shot.” Source: New York Times
Harold N. Bornstein, Trump’s Former Personal Physician, Dies at 73
By Gotham Rex on January 14, 2021
He attested that President Trump would be the “healthiest president ever,” but he was later expelled from his orbit. Source: New York Times
In Minority Communities, Doctors Are Changing Minds About Vaccination
By Gotham Rex on January 1, 2021
Many Black and Hispanic Americans mistrust government officials, and instead have turned to physicians they have long known. Source: New York Times