Two days before the Christmas holiday, I landed in UCSF's ER room at 2 AM with the worst case of food poisoning ever. For the first time in my life, there was no wait to get in (go figure). I was treated promptly and I was fortunate enough to get treated by Dr. Freeman and Nurse Bennett. Both of them rock as medical professionals. Since this is a website for doctors, I won't gush on about how wonderful she is (which she is).

Generally, ER doctors can be arrogant, dismissive and uncaring becau...