Archive for August, 2006

Lenox Internal Medicine is Go

Published at August 31, 2006 in About The Practice. 0 Comments

Just a quick update - I can’t quite believe it, but we’re in our second week.

Our first few days were complete chaos. They moved the furniture in on Thursday morning and we opened Thursday afternoon, with unpacked boxes in the hallways, no equipment, no printer, copier or office supplies.

A sensible person would surely have waited until Monday, but the truth is I had a lot of patients who really needed to be seen and I did not want to put them off another four days… Continue reading ‘Lenox Internal Medicine is Go’

Site Looks Funny with Internet Explorer

Published at August 31, 2006 in Website. 0 Comments

Thanks to Liz Pertzoff, for notifying me that this site looks odd when viewed with Internet Explorer. I will fix that as soon as I get a chance.

I use Firefox as my browser, and if you have not checked it out, I recommend it. It’s free, it’s extremely easy to download and install (just click the button and it installs). It’s perfectly safe - in fact, better virus-protection than Internet Explorer.

And stuff just looks better.

You can download Firefox here if you like.

But I promise I will fix the site for IE.

We Open Tomorrow

Published at August 17, 2006 in About The Practice. 3 Comments

Well here I am, in the new office. The painters are done - the last bit of construction before we could open. The Fire Department just signed off on the Certificate of Occupancy. Our medical supplies are sitting in boxes in a back room. Rebecca and I just came back from Staples with a file cabinet, pens and paper, a shredder and, of course, a wireless router.

It looks like Lenox Internal Medicine is really going to happen.

In fact, it’s going to happen tomorrow. We have our first patient coming in at 9 am.

It will be our “petit opening” - I scheduled a few patients for Thursday and Friday, who couldn’t wait until next week.

The office looks beautiful. A week ago, the foreman threw up his hands and said “You have twelve different colors of paint!” (Rebecca, who chose the colors, looked innocently at the doorframe next to her). The painting threw us behind schedule a bit - but I wouldn’t change a hue.

We had a great architect, Dana Bixby. She’s based in West Stockbridge. If you live in this area - or anywhere, for that matter - and need an architect, you won’t find one better than Dana. A sixteen-hundred square-foot doctor’s office is not exactly an architect’s dream project, but Dana put thought and imagination into every detail and it really shows. The space is warm and welcoming, attractive, and easy to work in.

John Salvini of T & J Contractors was the builder. I really did not believe it could be done in six weeks but, lo and behold, here we are. We were on site a lot during the construction and I know that all the builders put care and craft into their work. I am so grateful for their efforts.

There are many other people to thank - Ross Kuntzman, our landlord, who owns Berkshire Lighting, who didn’t mind having three exam tables on his showroom floor for weeks; Beverly, who let us use Bellissimo Dolce in downtown Pittsfield as a substitute office while we were waiting for this one to open; Josh and Kathy Yurfest for convincing us it was possible; my patients, for believing in me.

Of course, without Rebecca, it really couldn’t have happened. She’s given so much to making this practice a reality. I am very fortunate to have her as my wife.

Right now I’m awfully tired. I’ll head home and get some sleep.

Wish us luck. And stop by to take a look at the place. We’d love visitors.

More soon.