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The Karabus Affair Speaks To Larger Issues For American Academic And Medical Centers., Leonard A Zwelling, MD, MBA, Razelle Kurzrock, MD, Philip R Cohen, MD, Bernard Levin, MD, Ch, Lawrence Parish, MD 
Thomas Jefferson University
The Karabus Affair Speaks To Larger Issues For American Academic And Medical Centers., Leonard A Zwelling, Md, Mba, Razelle Kurzrock, Md, Philip R Cohen, Md, Bernard Levin, Md, Ch, Lawrence Parish, Md
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers
Finally, on March 12, 2013, a major American newspaper, The Wall Street Journal, reported on the plight of Dr. Cyril Karabus (1,2). Dr. Karabus is the 78 year old pediatric oncologist from Claremont, Capetown, South Africa who is well known as the retired head of the Oncology and Hematology Unit of the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, University of Cape Town, as well as for his devoted service to poor children in the apartheid era. In 2002, he cared for a three-year old Yemeni girl with acute myelogenous leukemia during a locum tenens in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Warning Signal: Unaware Of An In Absentia Conviction, South African Cancer Specialist Jailed On Return To The United Arab Emirates., Philip R Cohen, Razelle Kurzrock, Lawrence Parish Thomas Jefferson University
Warning Signal: Unaware Of An In Absentia Conviction, South African Cancer Specialist Jailed On Return To The United Arab Emirates., Philip R Cohen, Razelle Kurzrock, Lawrence Parish
Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Faculty Papers
In 2002, Dr. Cyril Karabus, a specialist in pediatric cancers and retired head of the Oncology and Hematology Unit of Red Cross Children's Hospital in Capetown, South Africa, spent a brief locum at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, a hospital in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was there for only 5 weeks, during which time he treated a young girl who died of acute myeloblastic leukemia. After Karabus returned home, the girl's father complained to police about his daughter's death, and Karabus was convicted of murder in absentia. Karabus knew nothing of the charges ...
A Case Of Facial Pain And Vesicular Rash, Matt Baichi Thomas Jefferson University
A Case Of Facial Pain And Vesicular Rash, Matt Baichi
The Medicine Forum
The patient is an 81 year old male with a past medical history of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia who presents with a complaint of facial pain. The pain began 3-4 days before presentation to his primary care physician. It was constant and intense. There was no history of similar head or facial pain, visual changes, jaw claudication, rash, tearing, nasal discharge, photophobia, phonophobia, sinus congestion, tooth ache, nor neurologic complaints. There was no relief with over-the-counter analgesics. A rash subsequently developed over his left forehead and scalp. At presentation, vital signs were stable. Skin examination revealed an ...
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