Thursday, September 17, 2020
Dr. Adams somehow found my contact information and asked to be included on my monthly emails about Geriatrics Grand Rounds given at Weill Cornell. He showed up every month, very early! We would chat about his career, Bushwick, the nursing home Buena Vida, gentrification, medical education. He always told me I should open a catering business because I always put out a nice spread for our Grand Rounds and he was impressed by how I greeted everyone and how faculty and trainees would come up to me and ask me questions. After a few months, he called me the Mayor of Brooklyn. He was the sweetest person. He reminded me of my grandfather. God rest his soul.