Topic: Info Flash: THE Dr. B. Quitting HIS Practice
JimBoB
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Because SOME of us, including myself, NEVER go to any of the boards other than this MEDICAL one, I am posting this here in its entirety from LymInfo on Dr. B. Jim
Subject: Burrascano closing his practice
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From: Joe!
Dear friends,
I have a major announcement to make.
After over twenty five years of medical practice, I have decided to close my office and retire from the clinical practice of medicine.
Last week I mailed out letters to my currently active patients to make this announcement, and I now wanted to share this news with my friends on-line.
This has been a very difficult decision for me. The rewards of medical practice have been tremendous. I have met and helped many wonderful people, and have had great fun too! It will be very very hard to say good bye. On the other hand, there is so much more that I would like to see done, on a larger scale, for the benefit of more patients. By closing my office I will have more time to focus on these broader problems.
I have become more and more frustrated of late, because I have had to turn away up to ten prospective patients a day clearly, more Lyme-literate physicians are desperately needed. I feel that my experience with the management of patients with tick-borne illnesses would be better served by my spending more of my time on physician education and on completing my current, very important, research project. I want, once and for all, for the ILADS point of view to be the recognized standard for all professionals. I also wish to remain active in the political realm, as political reform and a more realistic view of our illnesses have to be addressed at the government and public levels.
I realized that it is impossible for me to run a full time medical office and also pursue these other goals. In addition, because of the high cost of running an office, I cannot simply see patients part-time, because many fixed costs do not decrease simply because fewer patients are being seen.
My decision comes at a good time for me personally. I feel well, my prostate cancer seems to be in a remission, and I have not had any bad news from the state Medical Board lately. In other words, this decision has not resulted from any secret problem that I am trying to hide. Of course, rumors will fly, but I say sincerely to all of you that there is no hidden agenda. PLEASE try to keep the gossip down, and also please dont call my office to talk about this, because I do not want the phone lines to become clogged such that important medically related calls cannot get through.
It has been an amazing 25 years! Together we have witnessed many wonderful developments, but some disappointing ones too. We have made many new friends, but have lost too many to this disease.
I am grateful to all those who have stood behind me over the years, and I will always be thinking of you- that is the point behind my decision.
I hope that my future efforts on the behalf of the Lyme community will continue to be as fruitful and personally rewarding as they already have been. I wish all of you the very best!
With sincerity and great affection,
Joseph James Burrascano Jr., M.D.
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dontlikeliver
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There are already a couple of threads going on this subject, in Medical included.
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Ann-OH
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You're right, but I like it that JimBob included the whole letter from Dr. B.
lymednva
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I hadn't seen it before, except for the mention of it in Seeking a Doctor posts. Thanks for putting it here where I found it for the first time.
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JimBoB
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Thanks. THIS is the only place I have ever gone, and probably every will. So when some post at other places, I never see them. I would think THIS is the most popular place on LymeNet.
Dr. B, sounds like a nice guy. HOPE he does some good for the chronic sufferers that we ALL can partake of in the future.
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