My surgical Blog & More

I am in this field from 2001, thats almost 7 years and have a fair bit of idea about different type of surgeons. The one thing common in all of them is their ego and desire to do things in a different way.

In my 1st year as a junior resident, I was confronted by two senior residents, one was considered to be very good, the other one was just average. The 1st one was a perfectionist and liked to do things exactly as they were written in the books, the 2nd one hardly ever cared.

Then there was an assistant professor, he used to sing songs in OT when he was nervous or when extremely happy. Some of the songs were awesome and I used to add them to my playlist immediately.

Then there was my thesis guide, he was extremely well behaved with everyone in the OT and was an excellent surgeon, respected by everyone.

There was another one; just an average surgeon who thought he was the best. He used to look up frequently to see who was admiring his skill and handywok.

Later in my 2nd and 3rd year I had a unit head who had very limited or outdated knowledge and used to prefer thyroid surgeries.. He was a good speaker and initially everyone was highly impressed. Only after a few weeks you would know what a jerk he was.He used to make up OT table stories and we had to put up a straight face. The moment he left everyone used to burst into spontaneous laughter.There were evenings dedicated to him and we would just sit and talk about his stories. (He was a nice person thiough).

After My post graduation I worked a bit in Cardiac surgery unit and was confronted with two surgeons of extremely opposite nature..

To be continued

One was extremely confident and sure about the work he was doing , it was fun to work with him , the other one it seemed was highly distressed while working, he was not very proficient in his work and always used to find excuses to blame us for his mishaps.

I have already come to a conclusion in my short career, no matter how the surgeon is inside the theatre, he would always be a different person outside it.