Editor’s Note: This is a disturbing account of intolerance toward young faculty members by the department chairman and the resulting adverse effects on their much-anticipated careers. “After finishing my fellowship, I was coveted as a female” in my orthopaedic...
Editor’s Note: Incredible tragedy struck the storyteller’s family. The experience served to shape a future surgeon who would extend empathy and thoughtful care to a multitude of her own patients and families. “Time doesn’t exist in the operating room for the surgeon...
Editor’s Note: This account highlights an unexpected turn of events during a well-planned career followed by the demonstration of tremendous resilience. “My career was progressing exactly as I had envisioned it would.” I had been recruited to start a new orthopaedic...
