Hippocratic

One of the reasons I could not do surgery is that a surgeon needs to have the confidence that when he operates, he will make the patient better. Of course this is true with any medical intervention but in cardiac anesthesia, I see the extremes. When I see a surgeon cut open the heart or slice away a diseased valve I am awed that he has the assurance that he can repair the heart or rebuild the valve such that when we come off bypass, the heart will beat again.