Dr. Good Has Gone: Recollections of a Greenwich Village Physician

by Victor Keyloun

Overview

To illustrate what has become a seismic shift in the medical industry over the past fifty years, Dr. Good Has Gone is a series of narrative essays that tell the stories of patients for whom the author cared during his twenty five years in practice in the 1960s and 1970s, juxtaposed with the story of his wife's ongoing struggle with Parkinson's disease. At times humorous, sad, thoughtful and insightful, taken together, these stories paint a portrait of a long gone era when doctors and patients forged meaningful relationships with one another, and asks what we have sacrificed on the long road to progress.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148736837
Publisher:	VenVic Publishing
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	220
File size:	839 KB

About the Author

Victor Keyloun was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1935. His parents were both immigrants from Aleppo, Syria, and his father was a prominent player in the New York garment industry. The youngest of six children, Victor chose not to follow his siblings into the family business, and instead attended the College of the Holy Cross and later Georgetown Medical School. He served two years in the United States Navy before completing his post-doctoral training at St. Vincent's Hospital and starting private practice in Greenwich Village, New York. After twenty years in practice, Dr. Keyloun switched careers, helming a highly successful consulting firm that specialized in creating computer-based sales training material and medical education for pharmaceutical companies around the world.

Dr. Keyloun is the co-author of THE CORONARY CARE UNIT, a detailed history of the opening of the first coronary unit of its kind in New York City. His memoir, A HOUSE BY THE PARK, is an unflinching account of growing up in a large, loving family ravaged by bipolar disorder. In addition to his two other books, DR. GOOD HAS GONE and MURDER, MADNESS AND ST. VINCENT'S, Dr. Keyloun has written and produced four plays, and is currently working on his first screenplay.

He lives with his wife, Carol, in the suburbs of New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Join a dedicated, skillful and caring internist on a journey through New York’s medical history. Live the 60s and 70s in Greenwich Village through private and academic medicine. Look through empathetic and caring eyes to care for puzzling and complex medical problems with uncanny accuracy. You will live the cultural diversity that has made New York “the village” that is quintessentially America.

Dean for Medical Education, Georgetown University - Stephen Ray Mitchell, MD MACP FAAP

Dr. Good Has Gone represents an historical account of the last five decades of American Medicine as seen through the retrospectoscope of a solo practicing internist in an urban setting in Greenwich Village, New York City. By means of actual patient encounters, we experience the preeminent importance of the physician-patient experience, which is now under great assault with the coming corporatization of American medicine. This book is a must read for the physician as well as the patient.

Past President, Medical Society of the State of New York - Paul A. Hamlin, MD FCCP

Dr. Good Has Gone is an amazingly enjoyable excursion into the “Golden Age of Medicine” and the changes that have occurred in the ensuing years. Dr. Keyloun’s reminiscences are surprisingly vivid, given that some of them occurred over fifty years ago, and will keep the reader eagerly awaiting the next chapter. This book provides poignant remembrances for everyone to enjoy, but for those in the medical profession they are particularly relatable and memorable.

Vice-Chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Flushing Hospital Medical Center - John J. Pellettieri, MD

Dr. Keyloun’s book is more than just a good read. What one finds here is an excellent description of what it was like to practice medicine before the heyday of the current technology. There is also the lament of the apparent loss of the relationship that we had so many years ago with our patients. His expression of concern for where medicine is going today has been colored by his unique experience in practice in the New York City area.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine - Joseph A. Pellecchia, MD FACP