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Editor’s Page: On the Road Again
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...
Editor’s Page: Table Talk
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...
Editor’s Page: Bright Lights, New Cities ...
Seeing a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville is a spiritual experience....
Editor’s Page: Changing It Up
Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change....”
Editor’s Page: Our Biggest Champion
From my position, there are only two types of bosses: Those who value editorial content and those who don’t....
Editor’s Page: Storyteller Syndrome
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...
Editor’s Page: Labor of Love
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....
Editor’s Page: Heeding the Call
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...
Editor’s Page: Complex Problems
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...
Editor’s Page: Searching for Success Stories
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...
Editor’s Page: Never Boring
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...
Editor’s Page: Anthony Bourdain I Am Not
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....
Editor’s Page: Do You Get Paid Enough for ‘This Sh##?’
Over the holidays, I spent a week in Tulum, Mexico, gawking at Mayan ruins, snorkeling with sea turtles, swimming through otherworldly cenotes and serving...
Editor’s Page: Required Reading
Whenever I think about the holidays, I think about the Simpsons or, more accurately, I think about the Simpson Family Christmas Letter....
Editor’s Page: Unsettling Images
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...
Editor’s Page: A Twilight Zone-caliber Tradition
I’m a sucker for traditions. Those set-your-clock-to-it moments you look forward to all year....
Editor’s Page: Making the Math Work
A few weeks ago I flew out to Denver with one primary objective: to see Rocky Mountain National Park — come hell or high water....
Editor’s Page: The Next Chapter in Excellence
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...
Editor’s Page: Quiet From the Noise
A few weeks ago, I headed down to Louisville — or is it Looavul? Or Luhvul? — for the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s (ASCA) Annual Conference...
Editor’s Page: All I Gotta Do Is Write It
I spent my college summers painting houses. I’d load up my teal-green Saturn with my meager belongings — including the strange lawn gnome...