Being close to patients keeps Dr. Jeff Shapiro focused on quality and efficiency of care. Not so long ago, native Californian Jeff Shapiro, MD, had a promising future at a Fortune 500 oil company. Yet something was missing.

The conference, entitled Retreat, Relate, Reform: Women Physicians Leading Change, took place on March 15 at the Promenade Gardens in Costa Mesa. Topics were focused on work-life balance and modern medical challenges.

Every good doctor providing care knows that pain management – sometimes on an ongoing and chronic basis – is essential.

Whether that physician-patient relationship prevails depends largely on how doctors respond to today’s intensifying pressures.

People are outliving their skin. Dr. Seungkwon Lee is pioneering the future of its care.