U.P. -The Road Trip turns North – 500 miles North.

The PPGV-MSU tour pulled into Marquette on 9/24 for a talk on 9/25. Dr. Bill Wadland and I ate and slept and then met Bill Short, MD, CEO and Community Associate Dean of MSU for Northern Michigan for breakfast the next morning. It was a fine start! Everyone seems to love Marquette- and why not? […]

PPGV Road Trip Begins

Homecoming-Hurley Hospital Style Bill Wadland, Jim Peggs and I went to Hurley on 9/17/15 and had a warm reception! I hadn’t been there for over 5 decades. When I was a UM med student I tried to go to Flint and other outlying sites for rotations whenever I could. I loved Hurley and spent several […]

A “Good Night” at WCMS. And a “storm” brews with Senator Green’s bill (SB 0442) on Guns in Schools.

Last night 9/15/15 was a presentation to the Washtenaw County Medical Society by Drs. Lewis, Peggs, Walden and Zweifler on “Gun Violence and Firearm Safety: the Physician’s Role.” It was stimulating! There was a lively discussion by the 45 or so attending. Points were made about guns not being “child proof” if they were not […]

A fabulous article by Dr. Natalie Schellpfeffer about firearms safety and the role of the physician.

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/09/gun_violence_and_michigan_chil.html