His mantra was: We don’t read the textbooks, we write them. Just try it! Tom Scalea
“What do we have?” Ledgerwood
Every single day, is to always do what is right for her patients. Dr Blackstone

A case can get a little scary, and you keep your cool, stay ahead.  Then it gets really scary, and you must be even cooler.

Reminds me of the beauty of a universal skill. Like Mayer here, a surgeon can make it happen with any team, anywhere in the world.

Don’t start something you can’t finish.

With much practice and concentration comes a chance to perform beautifully.

Concentration, precision, and endurance

Simple, complex, beautiful work.

Precision takes practice. Performing takes guts.

Discipline. Work ethic. Instinct to go where the action is.



Doing good for your senior, doing right for the patient!

ethical and moral imagination
http://laurentledoux.blogactiv.eu/2008/09/15/should-you-develop-your-imagination-to-be-ethical-as-a-manager/

surgical personality
surgical life
art of living

defining moments
respect in a world of inequality

history of surgery, an illustrated book