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Saadia M. Pekkanen, who received a doctorate from Harvard in 1992 and was also a TF for Moravcsik, agreed that he makes himself very available to the students. "He encouraged interaction both in and out of the classroom," she says...
Doctors like few things better than exchanging anecdotes about the deficiencies or skills of their colleagues. But most would rather give up their stethoscopes than publicly compare the relative abilities of their fellow physicians. Now, though, an enterprising medical writer, John Pekkanen, has enticed hundreds of doctors to rate some of their own. His new book, The Best Doctors in the U.S. (Seaview Books; $10.95), lists 2,500 of the nation's top specialists, judged so by their peers...
...Pekkanen embarked on this two-year project with a personal sense of need. Because of a congenital heart defect, he has been plagued for much of his life with health problems that require medical attention. But, he says, " felt I had often been steered to second-rate people." Seeking the best, Pekkanen mailed out questionnaires to 500 specialists, tallied the more than 300 replies, then conducted follow-up telephone or personal interviews. The key question asked each physician: "If you or a member of your family were ill with a problem in your own specialty, whom would...
...Though Pekkanen admits that a list of 2,500 (out of more than 400,000 physicians in the nation) omits many of the best, bruised egos abound. Ignored doctors have sent Pekkanen their multipage résumés, and the distraught wife of one physician forwarded even more convincing evidence of her husband's merit: a photograph of him with Merv Griffin...
...Kirkhorn, Milwaukee Journal: Gerry C. Lafollette, Indianapolis News: John R. Pekkanen, Life; Richard J. Pothier, Miami Herald; Daniel Rapoport, UPI: Jack Schwatz, Newsday; James D. Squires, Nashville Tennessean: Josephine D. Thomas. Cincinnati Post and Times-Star; Ronald R. Walker, San Juan Star; and Jerome R. Watson, Chicago Sun-Times...
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