About Dr.Ramon (DR.)

Experience:

Dr.Ramon by day is a family physician in a busy small town practice. He's sees over 5000 patients per year. By night, he develops this site to extend his expertise and health insights to a global audience.

Education:

DR received his MD from the University of West Indies and completed his residency in Family Practice at Dalhousie University Canada. He has worked in the Caribbean, United Kingdom, and Canada.

Evolution:

This site began in 2003 from his bedroom computer as a keen medical student eager to share what he'd most recently learnt on rounds and study. He lovingly did all the coding and cartoons himself. Today some of this work is outsourced but most is still created from his home office computer as night falls...

Q&A with DR (2009):

Why create "Doctor Secrets!"?

"As a kid I had bad asthma. I saw my family doctor. He gave me some preventative prescriptions which didn't work... I would wheeze, and fight for air for hours. When I reached medical school I came to grips with what asthma was and how to beat it using the same medicines that "didn't work" before!

I come across many ill people and often realize that if they knew what I know they might not have been sick at all. And I sympathize with doctor's time constraints. In 10 minutes we have to solve your health problem that took 10 years to develop, and send you on your way. It's impossible to explain to you everything you should know. That gap between what we know and what we actually tell you is 'Doctor Secrets'."

What do you want viewers to get from Doctor Secrets!?

"Accepting a diagnosis, a pill, and walking away is for kids. As an adult you should have a clear idea what your problem is, what can make it better or worse, why you're given the medications you are, what the consequences of taking them or not will be, and how to monitor yourself for danger signs.

Not knowing is NEVER an EXCUSE. Gravity will break your leg if you jump off a roof whether you know about it or not. Diseases are no different. They don't care whether you believe in them or not. You need to arm yourself with knowledge to defend yourself and have a long vibrant life."

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