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.
Pious Superiority
Disappointment. . . frustration. Feelings such as these fill my heart when medical students and residents exhibit...
From Significance to Submission
Visiting her basement gallery brought gasps of delight from my wife, Pamela. The pieces of collage art were a unique...
Growing Up is Hard to Do
Six inches shorter than my twin sister! As typical boy-girl development would have it, my twin sister grew taller first. I was...
Waiting Well
A physician waiting more than two hours in a doctor's waiting room - poetic justice, some would say. For me, the result was...
Competing,Comparing,Condemning
Athletic competition can bring great delight to my heart. A football game won in the last seconds or a round of golf decided on...
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...