by Varun Verma, M.D. | May 8, 2023 | Other
There are a few reasons why it can be difficult to find a good financial advisor. There are a lot of them- There are hundreds of thousands of financial advisors in the United States. That’s a lot of people to choose from, and it can be hard to know where to...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | May 14, 2020 | Other
84 000 deaths apparently mean nothing to some people in the US. Before vehemently arguing how our economy cannot sustain more of a lockdown – imagine if you faced this scenario. Your partner/child/parent is taken to the hospital because of #COVID19 and you never...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Apr 22, 2020 | Healthcare Professionals, Physicians
Multiple times a week I get messages from dear friends, family or colleagues who ask some variation of ‘how are you holding up?’ I am neither an anesthesiologist, critical care or ER physician, so I’m not three inches away from contagion while intubating patients. I...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Mar 29, 2020 | Other
Our society is paying a tremendous price with the novel coronavirus pandemic; either with our health, job loss, financial loss, stress, or being forced apart from family. Unfortunately it seems that we are nowhere near the height of the devastation of COVID-19 even...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Jan 21, 2019 | Other
I wrote this poem in 2010 at the age of 28. I wrote it because because even though I grew up in Australia, my parents would always take us to our ancestral homeland of India every two-to-four years and there I would learn about the world outside of the comforts that...
by Varun Verma, M.D. | Sep 17, 2018 | Other
Medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death (after cancer and heart disease). What can patients do to decrease their risk for encountering errors in healthcare? 1- First be prepared. Have an accurate medication list and the names of your physicians. Even though...
