After my midterm, I arranged an anesthesiology shadowing experience in the operating rooms here at Moffitt-Long Hospital. It was a great experience. The ORs here have really amazing and high-tech equipment. I saw one of the great GI surgeons Dr. Way do a laparoscopic surgery. It was impressive. With a few small incisions, the doctors inserted a camera and several tools into the patient. Guided by several screens, he pulled out part of the intestine that had herniated into the chest cavity. It reminded me a lot of video games with the sophisticated controls, the video screens, and the equipment as he used heat cauterization to prevent bleeding.
The anesthesia side was just as impressive. The anesthesiologist explained a lot of the equipment they use in the OR. I got to see many of the different physiological monitors and drugs available. He explained what anesthesiologists do to prep the patients for surgery. Anesthesiologists worry about the big picture while surgeons do their thing. They play a vital role in resuscitating patients in the case that something goes wrong. All in all, I think the OR is not a bad place to be. The complexity of procedures and cases there along with the sophistication of tools makes it quite an alluring place.
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In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
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Hi! I am Craig Chen, a third year resident physician in anesthesiology at Stanford Hospitals and Clinics. I went to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to medical school, I studied philosophy and biology at Stanford University, along with a minor in creative writing.
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