February-March Issue of Inside New Orleans

Page 20

by Leslie Cardé

Neurosurgeon Frank Culicchia in the O.R. 20

I nside N ew Orl ea n s

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YOUR PARTNER, your parents, or your pastor, there is perhaps no closer bond than that of a doctor and a patient. Doctors are with us at the best of times, when a new life comes into the world, and at the worst of times, when we battle foes, like cancer. We entrust psychiatrists with our deepest inner thoughts, and plastic surgeons with their abilities to wield knives on that most precious of commodities, our faces. And, speaking of precious commodities, where would any pet-lover be without the wise counsel of their favorite veterinarians, who now engage in everything from brain surgery to behavioral therapy. As such, the readers of Inside New Orleans magazine were not

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