Rutgers medical student s disability helps him connect with patients
From Staff Reports
When Tom Pisano started making rounds in his wheelchair, he worried his patients would consider him less capable than his Robert Wood Johnson Medical School peers.
However, he quickly found it had the opposite effect on patients and put them at ease.
“Patients are more willing share what’s really bothering them,” said Pisano, 33, who was paralyzed from the chest down during a skiing accident at 19, during his first year of college. “Everyone has an internal struggle or challenge of some form, mine is just visible. That helps give me a connection with the patient.”
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