A doctor turns to social media for organ donation

A guest column by the American College of Physicians, exclusive to KevinMD.com. A couple of months ago I received a Facebook invitation to “like” a page. That was not unusual, and usually the pages are on silly or obscure topics, but this page was different. The name of the page was New Kidney for Stu. Stuart Himmelstein, MD, FACP, is one of my Facebook friends. Stu is a solo internist in private practice in Delray Beach, Florida. He is also a past Governor of the Florida Chapter of the American College of Physicians (ACP), which is how I met and got to know him. His ACP service is just one of his many contributions to organized medicine and the profession, as he’s also been active with his county and state medical societies, serving in many leadership roles. What I learned from the Facebook page was that Stu Himmelstein also has chronic kidney disease from tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). He first learned that something was wrong in 2010, when on testing for a life insurance policy he had a creatinine of 2.0. His workup in Florida and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN concluded that he had a rare form of TSC that causes severe scarring of the kidneys. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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