November 16, 2019
by drplasticpicker
Drplasticpicker, the blog and the persona, has helped me tremendously. If the blog stopped here with my 40 odd posts, 70 bags of ocean bound plastic picked up, almost 400 items salvaged, and $500 donated to environmental causes – than it will have been an endeavor well worth my efforts https://drplasticpicker.com/donation-round-up/ .
October 27, 2019
by drplasticpicker
I am lucky to be part of a fun office with like-minded pediatricians, nurses and back-office support staff. We work together. Share meals together. Celebrate birthdays and each others’ big milestones. Drplasticpicker’s office friends wanted to do an ocean beach cleanup in order to bond and help the earth together! I am excited about posting the results of our group clean-up which will be next weekend.
In this blog post, I will describe the 10 steps it took to organize the office beach clean up.
October 4, 2019
by drplasticpicker
It has been over a month since I started this new hobby. I told my middle-school aged daughter tonight, “I am going to write a post about how ocean plastic picking has made me a better pediatrician.”
She replied, “You mean better than other pediatricians?”
“No, I mean a better pediatrician than I was before.” I answered in all seriousness. I know where her thoughts were coming from. I have always thought that anyone who makes it through the medical training process, including her mother, must have some level of narcissism and arrogance to make it and succeed. We have to convince parents, patients and colleagues that we are just special enough to deserve their trust, their respect and that we know what we are doing. Being mid-career, I certainly know I am competent. But the regular ritual of collecing ocean plastic has helped me be a better and more humble pediatrician.
Now I get to finally write one of those count-down lists!
