What Serving as Medical Staff President Taught Me About Leading Other Physicians
A Title Does Not Give You Much of a Head Start When I became Medical Staff President, I already understood responsibility. I had spent years as a surgeon making decisions where the consequences were real and immediate. I had also served in other leadership roles, including Chief of Surgery. Still, leading physicians taught me something […]
When the Textbook Meets the Patient: Why Clinical Judgment Cannot Be Learned From Reading Alone
Medicine Looks Cleaner on the Page I spent years studying before I was ever responsible for making decisions about patients on my own. Every physician does. You learn diseases, anatomy, medications, complications, and treatment options. You study algorithms that tell you what should happen next. That knowledge matters. There is no substitute for knowing the […]