Takeaway
"I approach comforting my patients and their families by sitting at my patient's bedside with kindness and respect, aware of religious and cultural customs, and use a vocabulary that everyone in the family will understand."
Passion in the Medical Profession | December 12, 2018 | <1 min read
By Gretchen Miller, Managing Editor
“I approach comforting my patients and their families by sitting at my patient’s bedside with kindness and respect, aware of religious and cultural customs, and use a vocabulary that everyone in the family will understand.”
Watch a beautiful four-minute video interview with pediatric anesthesiologist Ivor Berkowitz, MBBCh, MD to learn about his medical school training in South Africa during the height of apartheid, and his immigration to America to pursue his passion.