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Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Edward T. 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 Web sites and has edited publications and CD-ROMs and reviewed articles.
"We the team of (the Web site) 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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Nov. 19, 2008
Energizing the human spirit
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
Let me share with you an intriguing observation. While visiting Central America as part of a medical program, we stopped by a prominent hotel. In the courtyard was a gathering of professionals in their late 20s and early 30s who had all the appliances of success.
Designer leather jackets, designer eyeshades, and the other mark of success, the laptop warmly embraced in a leather case. They were not happy campers. I did not see one smile. There was a palpable tenseness in their posture as they awaited the opening of a technical business meeting.
Across the courtyard were the custodial staff and the groundskeepers. They also were of the same age, but there was an infectious joy in each of them. The smiles, the laughters, the sense of camaraderie were in stark contrast to that of the professionals.
So, what am I trying to say? What I saw was simple. Joy comes from relationships, peace comes from relationships, and the toys and the trinkets and the gadgets, while important for daily lives, do not bring us peace and joy.
So, as we reflect on the winding down of the autumn season, and as we prepare for winter here in the Midwest, what else can we seek out to bring that joy and that peace that so energizes the human spirit?
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