CONTENTS DALLAS MEDICAL JOURNAL
JUNE 2019
2 PRESIDENT'S PAGE
The Oath of Hippocrates
by Kevin W. Klein, MD
VOL. 105 NO. 6
6 HEALTH ALLIES
Skin cancer: Do you routinely
examine your patients?
by Dornechia George Carter, MD, FAAD
HOUSE CALL:
THE JOURNEY
BACK HOME
by Pamela Lowery
VISIT US ON SOCIAL MEDIA
@DALLASCMS
12 TEXMED
FINAL FIRST TUESDAY
AT THE CAPITOL
16
18 THE MEDICAL SCHOOL
GRADUATE
How to launch your new career
by Tom Ellis III
22 WHY “HAPPY” DOCTORS
DIE BY SUICIDE
by Pamela Wible, MD
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Cover photo by: Haynsworth Photography
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