Dear Pat, I was scrubbed in a case in the OR last week and my attending seemed to be very upset with me. Nothing in particular had happened, and I couldn't identify what the problem was. She and I...
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Practice Finances
By Feibi Zheng For those in academic and/or employed practice, your practice finances can seem like a black box. Whether you are salaried, on a production model or a blend of both, I encourage you...
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Save your rear
By Anne Fabrizio Buttocks. Butt. Bum. Booty. Badonkadonk. That’s just a few ways we refer to our bottoms. We speak freely about our rear ends when it comes to dancing or working out....
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You can’t sit with us! Surgeons as… Mean Girls?
By Kara Hessel When I considered writing a blog post about bullying in surgery, I thought, “Sure I can do that.” Then, I sat down to write. Every snarky comment and eye roll that I’ve direct...
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What I’ve learned in private practice
By Emily Murphy Full disclosure: I am a private practice surgeon in the truest sense of the term, I am a partner in a six-person group who provides care at a 545-bed hospital almost exclusively. Fu...