tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post5706754576860697293..comments2024-02-10T02:14:39.898-05:00Comments on Buckeye Surgeon: The Joy of the MasterJeffrey Parks MD FACShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15650563299849196122noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-78125812177995128812014-04-26T20:20:31.262-04:002014-04-26T20:20:31.262-04:00Doolas let me make my first midline incision as a ...Doolas let me make my first midline incision as a 3rd year med student. I second every thing you said about him. He was what I wanted to be when I grew up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-90068555007253394702009-10-08T13:44:16.425-04:002009-10-08T13:44:16.425-04:00Sad thing is, this is not what is appreciated anym...Sad thing is, this is not what is appreciated anymore. Telling a nurse to get something before the start of a case now results in bickering about whether it was posted for and literal insubordination. (Particularly if you are a female surgeon and it is a male nurse) If you tell them to just get the damned instruments for the f'in patient's sake so we can start the case, they will slap you with administrative bullshit and hose your career by labelling you disruptive and perfectionistic (as though that was bad in the OR)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-28195592102530631892009-06-17T20:32:30.882-04:002009-06-17T20:32:30.882-04:00My wife Pat was a patient of Dr. Alexander Doolas ...My wife Pat was a patient of Dr. Alexander Doolas some years ago at Rush Prys and he performed a highly involved and conplex surgery to remove a large (five inch) cancerous tumor from her esophagous. She felt she was rescued from the edge of death. About five years later it was my turn to be at Rush. She saw Dr. Doolas at our nursing station surrounded by a group of students. She ran up, gave him a big hug and kiss and proclaimed to everyone that he saved her life and how wonderful he was. He did turn a little red. A wonderful moment. A grateful patient's thanks. SWZerkisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-52205077091753153052009-02-02T00:14:00.000-05:002009-02-02T00:14:00.000-05:00I love this post. Truly inspiring to hear stories ...I love this post. Truly inspiring to hear stories of such great surgeons to emulate as I am finishing my GS residency. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-37676513674398132422009-01-31T06:14:00.000-05:002009-01-31T06:14:00.000-05:00Loved this - feels like I'm reading new material i...Loved this - feels like I'm reading new material in Dr Sid Schwab's blog. (My other favourite)<BR/><BR/>You should write a book - I would buy it!<BR/>xNurse To Dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482747601599927322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-20158266392535880722009-01-30T22:38:00.000-05:002009-01-30T22:38:00.000-05:00Everyone goes on and on about how bedside manner a...Everyone goes on and on about how bedside manner and cross-cultural communication can't be taught. That guy you just posted about. That's what can't be taught. Some have talent beyond the rest. Great post.Tyrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06274875231456958701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-50585804341730201432009-01-29T00:47:00.000-05:002009-01-29T00:47:00.000-05:00Wonderful post.When I was training in Minnesota th...Wonderful post.<BR/><BR/>When I was training in Minnesota the way we learned who the masters were was by asking the upper level residents who to call if the sh$t really hit the fan and an attending needed help. At the University hospital that guy was Bill Payne. He is a transplant surgeon, but he also did general and vascular, and he was The Man. Just the sight of him coming into the OR, rolling his eyes at whatever mess the younger attending had gotten themselves into still stays with me to this day. Of course they would be out of trouble in about 20 minutes, and he did almost everything with a Metzenbaum scissors. Beautiful.Victor Lazaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11634100793910465958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-31049527797864019202009-01-27T17:02:00.000-05:002009-01-27T17:02:00.000-05:00This may be one of the best posts on any blog that...This may be one of the best posts on any blog that I have ever read. Entering general surgery now sometimes feels a bit like moving to the wild west the day after they outlawed the dual. The giants are still there, but a lot of them have stopped shooting. I only hope that this type of mastery can live on in the modern hospital environment, even if its presentation is much more subtle.MiamiMedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03010412728330048760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-21497525331381196122009-01-27T15:27:00.000-05:002009-01-27T15:27:00.000-05:00Thanks for the read, Buckeye.Thanks for the read, Buckeye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-2014310565353259262009-01-26T19:22:00.000-05:002009-01-26T19:22:00.000-05:00Great Post! now tell us about the guy they nicknam...Great Post! now tell us about the guy they nicknamed "007"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-8513653990457298772009-01-26T09:59:00.000-05:002009-01-26T09:59:00.000-05:00Would that I could be this great, but alas I don't...Would that I could be this great, but alas I don't think I ever will. Still like ER's Mom I shall try.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-87018693778503933222009-01-26T07:47:00.000-05:002009-01-26T07:47:00.000-05:00We had one gyn-onc who was also a master. We mere ...We had one gyn-onc who was also a master. We mere residents called operating with him "The symphony of surgery"...truly a thing of beauty.<BR/><BR/>I aim to be a third as good as he was.ER's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203520439121823165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-11123141769285811882009-01-26T07:05:00.000-05:002009-01-26T07:05:00.000-05:00Thanks for a great description of the type of gian...Thanks for a great description of the type of giant many of us came across at least one time in our training.In the sanitized,PC, rule driven,non-disruptive physician,team work system approach,guideline dominated,take a nap if you are tired world of medical training possibly those type masters will only be found in the memories of those who had the privilege of working with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-86153003218577176532009-01-26T01:10:00.000-05:002009-01-26T01:10:00.000-05:00Bad mother f*cker.Bad mother f*cker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2760353953251845523.post-21388767017319671822009-01-25T23:46:00.000-05:002009-01-25T23:46:00.000-05:00great post, really enjoyed that one.great post, really enjoyed that one.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330837664856051066noreply@blogger.com