{"id":673,"date":"2025-07-15T13:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T17:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/?page_id=673"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T02:33:37","slug":"673-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/?page_id=673","title":{"rendered":"With Gratitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7410.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7410.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-672\" width=\"254\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7410.jpeg 432w, http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7410-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Special gratitude to Dr. Alessandro Pireno (1937-2012) for granting me the coveted two-year internship in his celebrity Manhattan practice decades ago.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howard Stern jokingly referred to him as a \u201cmasseuse with a Mercedes.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Active in politics, teaching, healthcare and helping others, Alessandro was anything but that.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite our private office converting to a clubhouse in the afternoon, replete with rotating doctors, athletes, comedians, etc., he maintained an aura of respectfulness in which his wife, mother and children were welcome, even when a member nicknamed \u201cDr. Tourette\u201d was present.&nbsp;&nbsp;His good nature and boisterous laugh will be remembered for years to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rest in peace and good humor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Special gratitude to Dr. Alessandro Pireno (1937-2012) for granting me the coveted two-year internship in his celebrity Manhattan practice decades ago. Howard Stern jokingly referred to him as a \u201cmasseuse with a Mercedes.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;Active in politics, teaching, healthcare and helping others, Alessandro was anything but that.&nbsp;&nbsp;Despite our private office converting to a clubhouse in the afternoon, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708,"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/673\/revisions\/708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sportsmednyc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}