Joel M. Wilentz is a Physician that has been practicing Dermatology in the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, FL area for almost 50 years. He came to Florida in 1970 having served in the U.S. Army as the Dermatologist for the Pentagon in Washington, DC. He entered into practice with his longtime friend, Richard S. Greene who likewise, had just finished his military obligation. At its height, the practice was composed of 80 Dermatologists MDs and DOs, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners and Estheticians. Dr. Wilientz has been married to Lynda Krohn Wilentz for more than 50 years. They have three sons all of whom are physicians and practice Dermatology and/or Dermatopathology. Their family also includes three daughter-in-laws and seven grandchildren.
Unlikely Fortunes
by Joel Wilentz
Unlikely Fortunes
by Joel Wilentz
Published Apr 25, 2019
648 Pages
Genre: FICTION / General
Book Details
This is a story which encompasses the beginnings of what we now know as modern medicine. This emergence occurred in Vienna, Austria in the mid-nineteenth century. It was then and there that the oft quoted acknowledgement of a famous physician came to light when he said, “We have finally reached a point of having some effective therapies within our medical armamentarium. What we had up to now went all the way back to the days of Galen. In the past we could give a disease a name, describe its natural course and predict its eventual outcome. It was rare indeed, that we had an effective remedy to alter or stop the usual dire consequences of diseases. At present we seem to have several remedies for several disease entities that are often effective. It is no doubt the will of G-d that we continue along this pathway of experiment and discovery.”