Dr. James Gould ENT

The best part of being a family medicine nurse practitioner is creating a relationship with each person who walks through our doors. I get to know the whole person and walk alongside them in each stage of their life. I think that's key to having an impact and letting people trust you with their care.

Being a nurse practitioner I can bring my experience as a nurse and be able to provide empathy and compassion to my patients so that they feel a trust and a bond with me that they may not feel elsewhere.

In medical school, I hadn't decided on a specialty. But while doing my internal medicine rotations in the United States, I really came to like the ICU. I was intrigued by how timely interventions can change the course of the disease and influence the outcome for critically ill patients. From then on, I wanted to pursue critical care medicine, and along with it, pulmonary medicine, because that's important in critical care medicine. A good knowledge of the core principles of pulmonary medicine helps me to a good critical care physician. I'm truly committed to my profession. I listen very carefully to my patients - have them explain everything in detail, figure out what's going on and then make a recovery plan for them. It's important to assure them that they're in good hands, so that they trust you to help them for whatever problem they're having.