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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward Creagan, M.D.
"The magic of the electronic village is transforming health information. The mouse and keyboard have extended the stethoscope to the 500 million people now online." — Dr. Edward Creagan
The power of the medium inspires Dr. Edward Creagan as he searches for ways to share Mayo Clinic's vast resources with the general public.
Dr. Creagan, a Newark, N.J., native, is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and hospice medicine and palliative care. He has been with Mayo Clinic since 1973 and in 1999 was president of the staff of Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Creagan, a professor of medical oncology at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, was honored in 1995 with the John and Roma Rouse Professor of Humanism in Medicine Award and in 1992 with the Distinguished Mayo Clinician Award, Mayo's highest recognition. He has been recognized with the American Cancer Society Professorship of Clinical Oncology.
He describes his areas of special interest as "wellness as a bio-psycho-social-spiritual-financial model" and fitness, mind-body connection, aging and burnout.
Dr. Creagan has been an associate medical editor with Mayo Clinic's health information websites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the website) provide reliable, easy-to-understand health and wellness information so that each of us can have productive, meaningful lives," he says.
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April 11, 2012
Helping veterans heal
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
A recurrent theme is how we deal with the tragedies and the sufferings that beset each of us.
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A wise person once said that the only way to get over something is to go through it. In other words, unless you embrace your disappointments and frustrations those wounds won't heal.
I was enlightened about a supportive community for injured military personnel called the Healing Heroes Network (www.healingheroes.org). This is a wonderful example of people reaching out to help others in a tacit acknowledgment that no one can do this alone.
Other resources are also available. Check the National Resource Directory (www.nationalresourcedirectory.gov), a website that helps connects wounded warriors, service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers to programs and services that support them.
Remember, we may grieve in the silence of our hearts, but we heal with the strength of others.
Follow me on Twitter at @EdwardCreagan. Join the discussion at #Stress.
3 comments posted
April 13, 2012 3:20 p.m.
I would like to tell you that I really appreciate your column. It is down to earth and friendly. Thanks for your words.
- Mary
April 12, 2012 3:03 p.m.
Dr. Creagan, Thank you so much for honoring our veterans along with your message that applies to all of us. As I have stated before, somehow I have been blessed with MD's who have diagnosed quickly and treated my movement disorder, dystonia, so that now I am able to be a volunteer advocate for the disease. Doing this work with the support of the research organization, the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation, my Congressman Bill Young and his staff in the House of Representatives, my MD's and their staff members at Mayo, and people who support each other because they have experienced a disease process of some kind, as well as my dear husband and sister i have overpowered the disease. It's 'Because of them" not me. And, others who have not "walked the walk" sometimes do not understand our life experience. This week it's so special of you to have written this message with the research in the media highlighting the returning brain injured veterans who need our support and medical treatment ASAP. Dystonia is one of the brain injury diseases that they might return with and we need to advocate for them because when one is ill, the person does not have the energy to be their own advocate. Now we have the opportunity to give back to them. Thanks to all that come to the need of others!
- Dystona hat lady
April 11, 2012 7:25 p.m.
Recognition of the suffering of our veterans is something that we should keep at the top of our priority list both as professionals and members of society. Issues such as PTSD and the related sequelae of service are areas that require understanding and a willingness to open our
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