A good lead singer will always make it a point to recognize their bandmates during the show. Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder goes all out....

You could hear it in his voice. The anxiety, frustration and outright exhaustion was palpable when a conference attendee discussed his surgery center’s experience with...

I just finished reaching out to all the people I connected with at AORN Expo (see page 10 for some highlights from the show), and I’m getting ready to hit the road once again to...

Every time I talk with a surgical leader about their past survey experiences, I’m instantly transported back to the dinner table of my childhood home where my parents, both...

Seeing a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville is a spiritual experience....

Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change....”

From my position, there are only two types of bosses: Those who value editorial content and those who don’t....

On August 10, I was mowing the lawn like I do when the grass gets to a level unsightly enough for my wife to demand action when I inadvertently steered my trusty...

One summer in my late teens, I temped at a giant medical billing company for a short stint before eventually finding more suitable work painting houses....

When I was in third grade I had surgery for the first time. Surgeons performed a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, a procedure that is also known...

My seven-year-old son is keeping his promise and sitting quietly next to me on his tablet while I conduct an after-hours interview video with Michelle Caird, an orthopedic...

As soon as the speaker thanks attendees and steps offstage to conference-appropriate applause (a sound a few decibels above a golf clap), I rush toward the front of a packed...

When Elizabeth “Betsy” Dovec, bariatric surgeon and subject of this month’s cover story, gave me some of the details on what she’d invested to build the...

I used to love traveling for work. In my 20s, there was nothing better than having my job fly me out to a city I’d never visited....

Over the holidays, I spent a week in Tulum, Mexico, gawking at Mayan ruins, snorkeling with sea turtles, swimming through otherworldly cenotes and serving...

Whenever I think about the holidays, I think about the Simpsons or, more accurately, I think about the Simpson Family Christmas Letter....

You pull into a spacious parking lot, easily find a spot and make the short walk to the brand new, state-of-the-art surgery center where you’ve scheduled your first...

I’m a sucker for traditions. Those set-your-clock-to-it moments you look forward to all year....

A few weeks ago I flew out to Denver with one primary objective: to see Rocky Mountain National Park — come hell or high water....

When my six-year-old son returned from a day of treasure hunting in “the dungeon” — my mom’s long-neglected basement — he was wearing a mischievous grin...