Alumni In the Community with Dr. Eugene DiBetta

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So what do you think you learned most at LECOM that you took into your professional practice? The most important thing I learned from LECOM was of treating the whole patient. I feel like that’s the center of what LECOM’s about, is taking care of the patient as a whole, the mind, body, spirit, and, uh, it really struck a chord with me, you know?

And so I find myself going back to those basic principles that I learned at LECOM. You know, you learn about all these new things, you know, new treatments, new peptides, new whatever, but at the end of the day, it’s, you know, you take care of the person as a whole. And a lot of times you remove medications because they’re overmedicated and having falls.

So I feel like that’s the biggest thing is, um, keeping the family in family medicine. So yeah. Yeah. Solid. Yeah.

So 16 offices, and if I’m correct, a lot of the, you’re training and working with a lot of LECOM students. That’s gotta be awesome. Oh, yeah. You’re with your alma mater, huh? Yeah. It’s amazing. It’s like we’re family. They’re the best. I mean, at the end of the day, you know, we learn these principles, and I really enjoy the fact that they understand the art of medicine, the science of medicine, and also the business of medicine, which is very important.

And really something really cool is that this is the birthplace of LECOM Bradenton. Original location. Yeah, yeah. Oh, that’s cool.

Yeah, so many people are talking about the impact that you’ve had on this community. That’s gotta feel awesome. It, it does. You know, it’s nice to hear. Coming out of LECOM, you know, I noticed this, the administrative burden that just really pulled me away from the patient. And I’m, if I’m having this problem, I mean, everybody else has to be having the same problem as me.

And so I built this management service organization that alleviated that administrative burden and allowed the physicians to focus back on their community, back on the patient, and keep them in the center of the focus. So it really feels good, so thanks. Yeah, it’s great. Yeah. And you talked about, I mean, this is, these are people you go to church with- Yeah

you go, see down the street. Yeah. So that impact that you’re having on this community, man, you’re like a hero. No. It’s awesome.