Reconnecting With Those Who Inspired You
I got an e-mail recently from a Dr. Tim Race, MD, FACS. I didn’t remember knowing a Dr. Race and almost deleted it. I’m all over Social ... Read More
View ArticleOperating on One of Our Own
Even though Phoenix is a big city (sixth largest in the U.S.) the surgical community is a relatively small. We all know most of the other general ... Read More
View ArticleJust Culture? Just Kidding.
The big health system that owns the hospital where I do much of my elective scheduled surgery has recently embraced the “Just Culture” model of peer review. ... Read More
View ArticleHigh Expectations & Physician Suicide
A friend on Facebook recently forwarded a news article and a link to a physician blog about the media response to a physician’s suicide. A lot of ... Read More
View ArticleIt Ain’t What You Don’t Know…
A while back, I was on call on a Saturday night when we got a notification of an incoming trauma, an intoxicated 40-year-old man who had fallen ... Read More
View ArticleToo Old to Operate?
He was 94 years old and was in my office because his gallstones were becoming a problem. They had been diagnosed 2 years earlier when he had ... Read More
View ArticleEMR Alerts: Crying Wolf
Anyone who has spent time on the Internet has seen those annoying pop-up ads that contaminate commercial websites. Now, thanks to the Electronic Medical Record, physicians can ... Read More
View ArticleSurgery: Things Left Behind
I got the call from the radiologist at midday, just as I was about to start my third case in the OR. He called my cellphone directly, ... Read More
View ArticleRecertification Blues: A Useless Exam
I recently took the American Board of Surgery MOC exam. This will make the third time in my career that I have recertified in General Surgery and ... Read More
View ArticleDo Video Recordings Help or Hurt Doctors?
A recent event at the trauma center where I work raised some serious questions regarding the use of video recording for education and quality improvement. We have ... Read More
View ArticleSemper Fidelis, Again
When he was 23 years old, he’d wanted to die. It was 2005. He was a Marine, a Corporal, and was lying alone in a hospital bed
View Article
