What) “Most people my age can't feel anything, they're dead.” That's what one of the oldest licensed physicians practising medicine in the U.S. told a crowd of friends and family gathered for his 100th birthday party on December 18, 2011. Dr Fred Goldman has been a doctor since 1935 (when Sigmund Freud was still practicing) and still sees 12 patients a day in his computer-free suite which he calls ‘the dump’. The physician still makes house calls and has no plans to give up his work - although he did cut back from five eight-hour days a week to three at the age of 96.
His
schedule is set by hand by his sole employee, office manager
Patti Heath. "I came to work here when he was 91," she said.
"The first year I worked for him, I collapsed on a beach for
my vacation. He hiked the wilderness in Alaska and lived in a
tent. They don't make men like Fred Goldman anymore." Goldman
has no plans of stopping. "Work is life," he said. "I work on
demand. If there's not much demand, there's not much work.
Fortunately, the demand exists. I feel I can still be helpful
to people. And, I can still do the job. So, there's no sense
to consider retirement." (1)
Where) #404 - 3120 Burnet Avenue at the old Jewish Hospital
Why) When I
read about Fred Goldman on the internet I put him on the
Buckys list even though I knew that we wouldn't ever bother
him in person. You see, Pam is of the age where she considers
retiring every now and then and I thought she might find
Fred's story a bit inspiring. 
