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Stash Mintz: Boxing with God

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on January 25, 2022February 4, 2022
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In his double-wide wheelchair, the old boxer patiently awaited the first dance. Not many big men survive into their nineties, but colon cancer, bladder cancer, and a slow growing kidney cancer had not taken Stash […]

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Dr. Chuck Radis: Keynote address to medical school graduates on empathy in medicine

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on August 27, 2021
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University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 5/16/2020 “Dean Carreiro, members of the faculty, board of directors, and graduating class of 2020, thank you for giving me the opportunity to talk with you today. […]

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Dr. Radis Go By Boat interview with Rob Caldwell on NewsCenter Maine

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on August 27, 2021
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TV journalist Rob Caldwell came to Peaks Island to interview me about the story behind the stories of Go By Boat. I was particularly pleased that it was Rob; his first job in Maine was as […]

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Gunshot wounds and Lightning Strikes: The Long and Winding Road to Rheumatology

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on July 4, 2021July 4, 2021
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A bank of gray clouds rimmed the horizon. I turned onto a long gravel driveway leading to the medical clinic in Gray, Maine, and heard a distant rumble. After 2 years of basic science classwork […]

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Across the Prairie: The Schooner Bagheera

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on May 6, 2021May 17, 2021
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     As a brisk north wind rattles the windows in my living room, I watch a home-made video, Bagheera Comes Home, created by high-school student, Evans Huber of Peaks Island in 2002.  I pause the […]

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Lobstering and rheumatoid arthritis: Why I pursued a fellowship in rheumatology

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on March 20, 2021March 20, 2021
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Reprinted from Helios Rheumatology: March 2021, by Dr. Chuck Radis The lobster boat tied off at the wharf. It was Ben Shipman, my rheumatoid arthritis patient, and he offered me a ride to Chebeague Island […]

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Go by Boat can be ordered now!

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on February 17, 2021November 12, 2021
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It’s Immunization Day

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on December 27, 2020January 5, 2021
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A young man sits down at my Covid-19 immunization station at Maine Medical Center and stares resolutely ahead, focusing on the far wall. He looks nervous. I make sure the needle and syringe are outside […]

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The Last Voyage of the La Vie en Rose

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on October 30, 2020November 19, 2020
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Stretched out on my side amidst tangled clumps of bittersweet and knotweed, my face nearly kissing the listing hull of the abandoned sailboat, I tugged on an exposed timber half-buried in the sand. My head […]

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From the Mainland to Peaks Island: Broken-down Cars I have Known.

  • by Chuck Radis
  • Posted on August 26, 2020September 15, 2020
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I am no stranger to misbehaving cars. When I was twenty years old and carless, I hitch-hiked from Maine to Florida to visit my older brother Steve. Most folks who pick up hitch-hikers are friendly: […]

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  • Stash Mintz: Boxing with God

    January 25, 2022
  • Dr. Chuck Radis: Keynote address to medical school graduates on empathy in medicine

    August 27, 2021
  • Dr. Radis Go By Boat interview with Rob Caldwell on NewsCenter Maine

    August 27, 2021
  • Gunshot wounds and Lightning Strikes: The Long and Winding Road to Rheumatology

    July 4, 2021
  • Across the Prairie: The Schooner Bagheera

    May 6, 2021

Go By Boat by Dr Chuck Radis

Author of the upcoming book, Go By Boat.
James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small meets Doc Martin in this uniquely American tale of a young physician setting up a medical practice on the gritty islands of Maine’s Casco Bay.

In a career which spans island medicine to rheumatology, from public health work in a UN refugee settlement to advocacy for Medicare for all, Dr. Radis’ writings focus on the importance of empathy and kindness in patient care. Join the conversation on how healthcare workers can nurture their connection to patients. Follow-along, or better yet, submit your own writings on how we can improve healthcare in the 21st century.

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