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He is still an avid race fan to this day..
Over a span of greater than twenty years, he owned interests in more than fifty horses.
Shortly after he began his clinical career, he embarked upon racehorse ownership.
Kachik became infatuated with harness racing while in college.
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He also participated frequently in for cause surveys done to investigate serious hospital complaints.
He surveyed acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, Department of Defense hospitals and hospitals run by the Bureau of Prisons.
He was a surveyor in the hospital accreditation division.
While working for The Joint Commission he became a member of their Speaker\'s Bureau and wrote occasional items for various Joint Commission Resources publications.
He felt it was, and still is, the premier healthcare accrediting body in the world.
Upon completion of his clinical career Dr Kachik transitioned to working as a physician surveyor for The Joint Commission.
In addition, Dr Kachik also was appointed as the medical director of an acute care hospital.
His clinical work in the emergency department spanned twenty-five years and included fifteen years as the Chair of his department.
During his career he obtained and maintained board certification from both the American Board of Emergency Medicine and The American Academy of Family Physicians.
Upon completion of his residency, he began his career in emergency medicine.
Although there were emergency medicine residencies at the time, emergency medicine was not an ABMS approved specialty.
Although his main interest throughout medical school was emergency medicine, he elected to complete a residency in Family Medicine.
He received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College.
He never graduated because he was accepted into medical school after his junior year.
He obtained his premedical education at Johns Hopkins University.
About the Author Larry J Kachik, MD grew up in western Pennsylvania.
A sequel, Never Becomes Now, is in progress.
Season well with humor and intrigue Save room for dessert.
Top with exciting harness racing action 5.
Add in a generous helping of adrenaline rush that only a busy emergency department can provide 4.
Reunite them years later in an effort to save a school for special needs children 3.
Start with four college roommates who banded together to beat heroin addiction 2.
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