SCHOOL VIOLENCE: At any given moment, our lives can change forever. Just the notion of how split-second fast it can happen is frightening.

CRPS is a severe neuropathic pain that typically ensues following injury at a specific site.

WORK INJURY: At 6,500 feet, while flying a single engine plane from Nassau to Florida, my patient’s engine failed.

ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA: The last speech ever delivered by civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took place on April 3, 1968 and was entitled ‘I’ve been to the mountaintop’.

Inspiration that led to a calling: The journey of Dr. Kenneth D. Kemp written by Felicity Darville, The Tribune newspaper.

HEARTACHE2: There are certain definitive sink or swim moments throughout our lives that define each and every one of us.

HEARTACHE: Many of us spend so much of our lives consumed by what’s happened in the past that we fail to live in the present.

FACE FRACTURES & CONCUSSION: There’s something uniquely American about baseball.

NO REGRET: At 1am my patient receives a phone call from the police. There’s been another car accident.

BROKEN FOOT: Every human being, at some point or another, is called to the spotlight.

AUTISM: Just before sunset, the yellow, red and orange of the horizon are kissed by the dusk of a glooming nightfall.

KNEE INJURY: Many years ago, I was employed as the chief resident for foot and ankle surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.

DIABETES & CANCER: Words matter. Repetitive encouragement can strengthen a child who’s lost their way but a solitary negative comment, by contrast, can incarcerate that same child in a prison of self-doubt forever.

SICKLE CELL ANEMIA: Fear is unpredictable. It can turn the brave into heroes or lay bare previously camouflaged cowardly traits for the world to see.

WAR AND SURVIVAL: Under the cover of darkness, Anastasia and her family fled the bombing and gunfire now ravaging their homeland.

AMPUTATION: Growing up and living on a remote family island offers an abundance of peace and tranquility that few outsiders can comprehend.

KIDNEY STONES: Well known for its beautiful beaches and world-class museums, Niteroi is a city in the southeast region of Brazil.

AGING & SERVICE: At some point in time, we’ve all inherently benefited from the immeasurable sacrifices of our forefathers.

BRAIN ANEURYSM: When two people choose to marry and unite their lives into one, they make a legally binding contractual commitment to be together and love one another from that day forward, in sickness and in health.

AORTIC RUPTURE: Throughout the course of our lifetime, there is an unwavering and universal truth that we must all accept.