Chris Lillis, MD

Dear future practicing physician, choose primary care

by | in Physician | 17 comments

Dear future practicing physician,Choose primary care.  I know all around you there are pressures to choose to become a specialist.  I remember those pressures well.  In medical school, one of my favorite mentors was predicting that after I got a taste of primary care, I would “come crawling back” to him.  I still chuckle about that conversation to this day.  In residency, I remember several seminars for us built ...

The tragic irony of pharmaceutical coupons

by | in Meds | 32 comments

As a primary care physician in private practice, I have my own little taste of celebrity.Every day attractive people come to my office seeking time to speak with me and collect my autograph.  They fawn over my partners and I, and bring us food for lunch, and will invite us to the nicest restaurants in town for dinner.   These people also used to bring gifts, until they were barred from ...