We've all heard the story. Icarus was the beloved son of Daedalus, a renowned inventor. Daedelus had created wings with which he achieve

Last week I completed what will most likely be my last session of Improv classes. I started these a year ago on a whim. It was a blast. Four quarters and 3 levels later we wrapped up our last showcase and our last class. The first level, Improv 101, was mostly introductory exercises which laid the groundwork for strong Improv. We learned concepts like CROW: Character, Relationship, Objective, and Where (location). We practiced making up characters on the spot, establishing th

In many (but not all) hospitals, the physicians on staff attend the “Morbidity and Mortality Reports” conference. This is usually a weekly o

AKA And now for something completely different. (It can't all be just crash and burn fails, can it?)

I wrote this blogpost for a dear friend and medschool classmate of mine, Kathy Tsapos Parmele, MD. Her blog, www.healthyselfhealthyworld, is a very important site for Physician and Healthcare Provider Wellness. And if her site is all about Wellness, then I'm the Goofus to Kathy's Gallant. I promised open honesty on this blog of mine. This is pretty damned open. Please read this if you read nothing else on my blog. [Click here on the link below or cut & paste it into your bro

Sometimes we can control everything down to the last second. Other times it's completely out of our hands. Does it count as a failure if

In which the author goes from Surgeon to Failure to Who Knows What in a scant few paragraphs.