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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. 17, 2007
'Letting go' a simple path to peace
By Edward T. Creagan, M.D.
I am profoundly grateful for the spirited and thoughtful dialogue on the issue of Mother Teresa, stress, and dealing with some of life's challenges. This issue became especially relevant one evening last week.
I had the opportunity of addressing a marvelous group of clergy honoring a deceased minister for his contributions to the mind, body, spirit connection. I was asked to address the issue of stress and burnout among the clergy.
As with many professionals, the clergy are under enormous stress because of the demands of the parishioners and the need to be constantly "on call" in our current digital age. Upon review of the literature, I learned that many clergy in fact become the CEOs of multimillion dollar corporations with a volunteer staff numbering into the hundreds and many of them were not trained to deal with these sorts of responsibilities. Burnout can certainly be the result.
Now for the fascinating part; before the program began, a respected member of the clergy community offered an invocation. He specifically made the comment " ... letting go gives us peace ... " He then offered a simple gesture of his outstretched hands and his palms upward clearly indicating a sense of letting go of many of the entanglements that tend to wear us down.
A very simple phrase and a very simple gesture which really stays with me as our lives continue to be buffeted by forces and factors over which we have no control. But, we do have control over our attitude and how we face some of these struggles.
May this week bring peace and harmony to each of us.
Dr. Ed
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