Special Interests/ Hobbies:
Spending time with my beautiful wife and 3 wonderful children (Hi Max, Will, and Cate!!!)
Vinyl Record Collecting – what do I love about vinyl? The inconvenience and the expense.
— Top 5 Favorite Records (today – will probably change tomorrow)
5. Aretha Franklin – I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You (original 1967 Atlantic Pressing)
4. David Bowie – Low (Original 1977 pressing)
3. The Hold Steady – Boys and Girls in America (2016 repressing)
2. Dinosaur Jr. – Where You Been (2019 Remastered repressing)
1. John Coltrane – A Love Supreme (original Impulse! A-77 Stereo Pressing – this record will change your life – if it hasn’t already)
Concerts
–Top 5 Concerts
5. Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve – Massey Hall, Toronto – March 15, 2004
4. My Morning Jacket – Kool Haus, Toronto – July 11, 2011
3. Billy Bragg – Riot Fest, Chicago – September 14, 2014
2. Bob Weir and Wolf Bros – Shea’s Performing Arts Center – March 15, 2019
1. David Bowie – Shea’s Performing Arts Center – May 25, 2005
(Do you get the impression that I love music?)
–Top 5 Underrated Musical Artists
5. Big Star – The quintessenial indie nerd band – power pop at its finest
4. Bob Mould – Husker Du, Sugar, solo stuff…
3. Billy Bragg – never as big in the US as he is in the UK – political to the end
2. Mark Lanegan – ex lead singer of Screaming Trees – solo discography is incredible
1. The Afghan Whigs – 90s alternative mixed with Stax soul/R&B – they should have been as big as Nirvana – everyone else’s loss that they weren’t.
Favorite Quote:
I can’t just pick one…
“When you ain’t got nothin’, you got nothin’ to lose” – Bob Dylan
“If my soul has a shape, well, then it is an ellipse” – Stephen Malkmus
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy” – Tom Waits
“Raise a toast to Saint Joe Strummer/I think he might have been our only decent teacher/Getting older makes it harder to remember/We are our only saviors” – Craig Finn
“You can never quarantine the past” – Stephen Malkmus
“Even smiling makes my face ache” – Dr. Frank N Furter
Favorite Children’s Book:
Where the Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak
What’s On Your Playlist?:
Didn’t we already cover this? Today – The Jayhawks, Billy Bragg, Big Star, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, Radiohead, Bowie, Mark Lanegan, David Byrne
Why Did You Choose Pediatrics?:
When I decided to focus on medicine as a career, I could never picture myself taking care of adults. I always have felt that my talents were better suited to helping children and families. I loved every pediatric sub-specialty as I progressed through electives in residency, but I couldn’t just pick one – so I decided to go into private general practice where I can take care of medical issues from all specialties in pediatrics.
