Douglas Sullivant, MD

I have prac­ticed Neu­rol­o­gy in Quin­cy for near­ly 30 years. I think I’m fair­ly well known in the com­mu­ni­ty. I don’t know every­one, but it seems like I gen­er­al­ly know some­one they know.

As for phi­los­o­phy of med­ical prac­tice the term ​“Doc­tor“ comes from the Latin word ​“Docere” which means ​“to teach“. If I’m not teach­ing, I’m not doing my job. Like so many things and if there things we can change in our lifestyle to help fix the prob­lem in the first place, then it takes less med­i­cine to do the job. That speaks to Hip­pocrates orig­i­nal thoughts on med­i­cine ​“pri­mum non nocere” which trans­lates to ​“first do no harm.” We must do things for patients, not to patients.

Some lev­el of humil­i­ty is a nec­es­sary trait as a provider in the med­ical field. No one cares what you know, until they know you care.