The Pharos Winter 2010

In this Issue:

• Editorial: Consultations . . . going, going gone?
• Alpha Omega Alpha/AAMC Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards
• Letters to the Editor
• Reviews and Reflections
• The Physician at the Movies
• National and Chapter News

Articles
• A Fatal Zest for Living: The All Too Brief Life of Mario Lanza, by Armando Cesari and Philip A. Mackowiak, MD
• Getting Drug Money Out of Doctors' Offices, by Purushottam A. Nagarkar
• The Ethics of Cosmetic Enhancement, by Anna Raphael, MD
• The Effect of Gchat Deprivation on Medical Student Productivity, by Steven Quinn
• Josiah, by Crystal Bowe
• Health Policy: Will Health Reform Reduce Costs? by John A. Kastor, MD
• Health Policy: Health Reform Requires Confronting Myths, by Thomas H. Lee, MD

Poetry
• Graft Rejection, by J. Joseph Marr, MD
• Meditation on Surgical Masks, by Jenna Le
• Carotid, by Wynne Morrison, MD
• Winning Poems of the 2009 Write a Poem for This Photo Contest
Wear Something Red, by Carl Abbott, MD
The Woman with Everything, by Ali Valdrighi
A One Bag, One Leg Lady, by Bhagirath Majmudar, MD
Undaunted, by Christine D. Hudak, MD
Reflections on a Photograph, by Newton D. Scherl, MD
• The Gift, by Elyne N. Kahn
• The Challenge, by David DeWitt
• Informal Education, by Melanie Buskirk
• Smoke, by Ashley Mann