Dr. Bob Snyder practiced emergency medicine for 15 years and served as co-chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department at Brandywine Hospital, Coatesville, PA. and served as faculty in Emergency Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. In 1996 God called Bob and his wife, Pamela, to Budapest, Hungary. As a result, IHS Global was birthed. Enjoy the writings from Bob over the many years of service.
Trained to hear
Do you remember the story of the Cherokee Indian walking down 5th Avenue in Manhattan with a New York businessman? Suddenly the...
Staying Focused
The hustle and chaos of the emergency department - telephone calls, ambulance reports, laboratory tests and nurse's...
Truthiness - Word of the Year!
The American Dialect Society creates a word that best reflects the uniqueness of each year. TRUTHINESS is the winner for 2005 -...
Diagnosing at the Mall
While his wife shopped at the mall, an endocrinologist sat in a coffee shop gazing at the passersby. He "diagnosed"...
The Power of Presence
Alone in the woods! Darkness enveloped me, in spite of the camp fire. Escalating fear gripped my heart as unfamiliar noises...
Missing the Point
One of my primary goals while supervising emergency medicine residents was teaching them to correctly diagnose the medical...
Don't despise small things!
My friend, Michael Cardy, has encouraged my interest in nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is molecular manufacturing; that is,...
Available?
For many of us, the commodity of time becomes scarce in the midst of a life full of activity. The result? Limited availability....
Give thanks!
Thanksgiving Day - food, football and family! Memories flood back as I think of Thanksgivings past. The best part of the day is...
Caution: We may not be as smart as we think we are!
Caution is in order for those of us who think we are smarter than we are. I am so prone to confidently speak concerning issues...
Brokenness
I walked into the fitness center, reached for the remote control to the television and found it broken. Frustration gripped me....
Wealth Management
"I assist people of means in wealth management" -- certainly a noble profession. However, this breakfast conversation...
Would you walk with me?
Walkers are filling parks and roadsides, especially as the weather cools. Today, the medical community strongly endorses...
Is restraint a good thing?
Overeating. I know the "I wish I hadn't done that" feeling that accompanies the too-full sensation after a buffet...
Someone to cheer for. . . !
Fall is here! The crisp morning air stimulates my circulation. However, a game of football in the autumn really gets my heart...
A Great Benefit Package!
One of my high school employers taught me that "Hard work can lead to great benefit"-- whether loading bales of hay...
Transformation Not Information
The volume of information about the human body overwhelmed me during my medical school days. I was eager to conquer that...
The Depth of Words
"You will never fully understand what Miguel Cervantes was trying to say until you have read Don Quixote in Spanish. The...
Hard Sayings of Jesus -- Illustrated
On a trip to Central Asia, I met a wonderful man who had been born and raised in Afghanistan. His story captivated me. From a...
Speeding through Life!
Fifty six miles per hour in a 35 miles-per-hour zone. Yikes! On the way to work, my mind was preoccupied by an upcoming trip...