Dr Meyer is a pulmonary physician in Sacramento who has spent thirty years managing pulmonary patients in a variety of settings—many in the ICU in respiratory failure and many on ventilator life support. He has assisted thousands of patients and their families in their end-of-life decisions.
He was at the forefront of the movement towards single subspecialty medical groups and developed the largest pulmonary group in the United States during the 1970s. He has experienced the various types of medical practices from solo, partnership, corporate and government (including county, military, VA and prison hospitals).
Dr Meyer was editor of Sacramento Medicine for four years, writing monthly editorials, the "Hippocrates and His Kin" column, and monthly reviews of books on medical issues or books by physicians on any topic. He continues to sit on their editorial board writing a "Voices of Medicine" column. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (JAPS). He has written over 300 editorials, columns and book reviews, which are posted on his personal/professional website (www.DelMeyer.net) and on his e-journal website HealthCareCommunication.Network (www.HealthCareCom.net).
He is editor and founder of the MedicalTuesday newsletter (www.MedicalTuesday.net), an 8,000-word practice-related journal that brings the message of private personal health care to 19,000 physicians and 3,000 health care professionals on a semimonthly basis. You may receive this free newsletter by entering your email address at www.medicaltuesday.net/newsletter.asp.
He is the founder and CEO of the research health care investigation group, HealthPlanUSA (www.HealthPlanUSA.net), working to develop an innovative and affordable health plan for the United States and by extension for other countries where government medicine is faltering. You may also subscribe to the quarterly progress report at www.medicaltuesday.net/newsletter.asp
He is in the process of collecting his writings, practice anecdotes and end-of-life experiences in book form.
