The Good Doctor

While browsing through Blogger one day I came across a post labeled, "Good doctors leave good tracks" and I immediately thought of Dr. Mark Fishbein. Dr. Fishbein is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Memorial Hospital, also sees patients at CMH at Central Dupage Hospital, and previously worked with the Feeding Team out of Springfield. He is also the co-author of Food Chaining and a new article "The Prevalence of Dysphagia in Infantile Gerd".

While reading the blog post about "Good doctors leave good tracks", I came across this, "you can always tell when a good doctor has been involved in a patient's case by the type of "trail" he or she left behind after the work was done - a ship's wake, if you will, that represents the effect the doctor had on the patient's life". To me, this is what medicine means on an elemental level. This is Dr. Fishbein. Where would Cheri's son with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome be without Dr. Fishbein there to treat him, to start IV's when no one else could? Where would Ewan be without Dr. Fishbein and Cheri there to say I think we are looking at something more than just autism?

Good doctors leave good tracks. Dr. Fishbein has certainly left behind a wake of patients, including my own son Ewan, whose quality of life is better because of his compassionate care. He is a passionate advocate for quality of life issues and feeding aversions. His dedication to the field is readily apparent in a single conversation. Dr. Mark Fishbein can be reached at:

Mark Fishbein MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition
Attending Physician, Children's Memorial Hospital
1.800.KIDS DOC (1.800.543.7362)