Dr. Chuck Radis: Keynote address to medical school graduates on empathy in medicine
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine 5/16/2020
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Hiking The Paria River Canyon
Copyright © 2020 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved My wife Sandi and I lie on ground pads in a dense thicket of Coyote Willow and Rabbitbrush, a few steps from the Paria River. Resting […]
Bicycling Baja — Chasing My Father’s Memory
The road to El Rosario tilts steadily towards the sea. On the outskirts of town we pedal past an adobe tin-roofed shack along a dry stream bed. It’s bone-cracking hot. A dog is stretched out […]
How to Get Buried on Peaks Island
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved The pipes froze in our upstairs bathroom on Peaks Island. Again. There’s something close to romantic about defrosting pipes with your spouse. Sandi, a part-time plumber, […]
Bill “Spaceman” Lee and My Brother Steve
In the fall of 2003, the Boston Red Sox faced the New York Yankees in the third game of the American League Championship series. It was the bottom of the sixth, and Nomar Garciaparra, Boston’s […]
Hijinks on the Appalachian Trail; What’s a Little Rain Among Friends?
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved Rain pelted the tin roof of our log shelter in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Roy stuck his head out of his sleeping bag, lit a […]
Go by Boat to be published by DownEast Books in 2021!
Great news! Go by Boat, a memoir on my years practicing on the islands of Casco Bay will be published byDownEast Books, an imprint of Globe Pequot, in the spring of 2021. Many thanks to […]
Searching for North America’s Tallest Surviving American Chestnut
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved I am picking my way through second growth forest in search of the tallest surviving American chestnut tree in North America. From the deep, well-drained soil, […]
My First Boat
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved My friend Bud Perry once said to me, “You haven’t learned much until you sink your first boat.” His advice fell on deaf ears; at the […]
Night Ride on the Police Boat to Peaks Island. “Who’s Driving This Boat Anyways?”
Copyright © 2019 Doctor Chuck Radis. All Rights Reserved I flipped off the headlights of my truck on Widgery Wharf and clicked my neck, first to the right, then more forcibly to the left. Another […]