Cardiac surgeons work long hours, often at the expense of spending quality time with their
families—so much so that they soon become strangers in their own homes. If this sounds …

As surgeons, both in training and in practice, there will be many crucial, and sometimes
difficult, conversations that we must have with our patients, their families, and their other …

“The world is beautiful but has a disease called man.”—Friedrich Nietzsche We are our
worst enemy! The number of practicing cardiothoracic surgeons needed has continued to …

Isn't it very comforting and reassuring to learn that Salford University has issued “trigger
warnings” for their undergraduate students because they might become distressed by …

Background Growing up in Dayton, Ohio, I always knew that I wanted to be a doctor. My
father is a doctor; one of those who mostly took his own call, deeply knew his patients, and …

This handy clinical guide provides speedy access to information and guidelines cardiac
surgery nurses need to know and use daily. It covers all aspects of care from preoperative to …

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego
that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong. So, here it is. I freely admit to being …

heart-abrams-la:Layout 1 Page 1 News CMAJ Ilook across the room during rounds in the
pediatric intensive care unit. A little girl is just waking up, tugging at the oxygen mask, looking …

His remarkable ability to connect researchers in different countries working on related topics
has led to two invitational Research Symposia including: the STAFF Symposia focused on …