Practice Management -or- “Sutures for Life”
Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
[Publisher-in-Chief]
Although we are apostles of the still living Kenneth J. Arrow PhD – the Noble Prize winning health economist – we also remember David Cheever MD as much more than a surgical innovator.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1972/arrow-autobio.html
… ”If you seek for wealth you have mistaken your avocation. There must be something more and something higher. That something is a love of your profession; a passion for science for its own sake; a broad humanity, which covers all the sick with a mantle of charity. Never lose sight of that motive, for if it once takes flight, your profession is reduced to a trade, and there is absolutely nothing left …”
… “As long as you can keep alive the sacred flame of this early passion which first called you to embrace the medical profession, so long shall you be warmed, sustained, upheld amid disappointment, unjust treatment or reverses …”
Note: David W. Cheever MD served as Professor of Surgery Emeritus for HMS. He performed the first esophagectomy in the US at BCH.
Conclusion
Your comments and practice philosophy are appreciated.
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Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com
Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com
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