Dr. Cal Day has moved to a new office
January 1, 2020
From Dr. Cal Day: To: Family, personal friends, patients, colleagues, LinkedIn contacts / followers, Facebook Friends, and other interested folks:
I pray that all of you are enjoying this holiday season!
I have recently moved to a new office!
As of January 13, 2020 I will be seeing patients at Skin Cancer Dermatology, PLLC, 3327 Research Plaza, Suite 414, San Antonio TX 78235, Office Phone 210-601-6502, Cell Phone 210-859-3430, Fax 210-359-9272, email address caldaymd@outlook.com.
I am also pleased to announce that I am in the process opening a group practice facility near the intersection of Loop 410 and Nacogdoches, and I anticipate the office finish out to be completed no later than May 1, 2020. I will subsequently provide updates.
I wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year,
Cal Day MD
Medical Records Notice
The medical records of the patients who were under my care from 09/27/2017 through 12/13/2019 have been retained by The SkinMD, 4432 Lockhill Selma, Shavano Park, TX 78249, office phone 210-615-9494, fax 210-615-1514. Patients must call, write, or fax The SkinMD to obtain consent forms for release of their medical records.
This website contains several hundred testimonials written by patients of Dr. Calvin Day. Dr. Calvin Day practiced dermatology in San Antonio, Texas from 6/13/1983 through 06/14/2011 and during his 28 years in practice, Dr. Calvin Day cared for approximately 40,000 patients (20,000 women) and employed approximately 450 staff members (~ 400 women). His practice focused on skin cancer and cosmetic procedures. After being sidelined for 3 ½ years, Dr. Calvin Day is making a bid to return to practice.
Medicine Men: Heartwarming Tales of Texas Docs
Most of the following introduction to Dr. Calvin Day is taken from excerpts contained in a short expose’ that was published in “Medicine Men: Heartwarming Tales of Texas Docs” by Martana, Red Bandana Publishing, 2006, pages 42-45. Where appropriate, the published information has been edited to bring the information on Dr. Day up to date.
“CALVIN L DAY JR
San Antonio, Texas
Champion of Less Surgery for Malignant Melanoma
First Private-Practice Mohs Surgeon in South Texas
“State-of-the-Art” Laser Doc
Life at Its Fullest
A Heartwarming Texas Tale as Told by Doc Day”
“I was treating a cute couple in their eighties. She had had a number of skin cancers that I treated over the years, so I knew them quite well. Neither one of them were very stable on their feet. She was thin and frail and he had Paget’s Disease of the bone involving one of his legs, resulting in a curvature and a limp. Despite his disability, he always insisted on escorting his wife down the long hall of my office during her many treatment sessions and bandage change visits. He would not let my nurses escort her from the treatment rooms to the reception area. ”Your nurses are not strong enough to catch her if she falls,” he would often say. They were quite the love birds, even in their eighties; they would continuously tease each other playfully and they looked at each other like two starry-eyed teenagers in love. Their outward appearance was that of a wealthy couple who spent nearly all of their evenings at home. As I was taking out sutures from a skin graft on her nose one day, she asked me if I believed that her nasal wound was well enough to make their weekly trek to West Texas. I replied, “Well, I see no problem with a long car trip.” She said, “Well, this is no ordinary car trip .. .it gets a little bumpy at times.” “What do you mean,” I queried. She looked at her husband and then again at me and said, “We have never told anyone, not even our children, but we trust you to keep our secret.” She went on to say, “Every week we drive out to West Texas and see how fast our car will drive.” As I raised my eyebrows, she further explained, “We research all of the new car models every year to find the one with the biggest engine and then we take it to a local mechanic to take off any governors that might be in place.” Just then, her husband, who was sitting across the treatment room in a chair, began to mimic the sounds of a car engine, and began to move his left foot and right arm as if he was shifting a manual transmission. As he reached fourth gear, he and his wife began to scream, shout and yell. It was like hearing passengers on a roller coaster ride at Fiesta Texas. The scene was surreal. My nurses came running, expecting to participate in an unexpected resuscitation … the couple burst into laughter. After a few moments, the husband limped over to his wife, and helped her out of her chair; kissed her on the cheek, and then escorted her down the hall. I asked, “Well, what speeds’ do you reach?” She turned and replied, “Well, we don’t really know because the speedometer needle is buried all the way to the right.” A few years later, her husband passed away and on one of her visits after his death, she said to me, “You know, I only have one regret in life.” “What is that?” I asked. She said, “Well, my husband was just a little too good of a driver. We had often talked about going out together in a ball of flames.”
This happened very early in my practice career and it forever changed my attitude about how I think about elderly couples that I have since seen in my office. Skin cancer, by and large, is a disease of the elderly and the majority of my skin cancer practice is caring for elderly couples. I am a much better physician as the result of having my life touched by this cute 80-year-old couple. I understand that the elderly want you to see them not only how they are now, but also how they were when they were young and vibrant and I am a better physician for this. When I see an elderly couple, always in the back of my mind, I am wondering what interesting secrets they share that they’ve never told anyone.
As time went on, my patient developed Alzheimer’s disease and her daughter would bring her in for treatments. During these visits, I would shed a tear or two because I knew what she was like before. Because of her, I take much better care of all of the Alzheimer’s patients that I’ve seen since then. And whenever I have the occasion to travel to West Texas, and see a car coming up on me rapidly from behind, I pull way over to the right.”
