For Attendings & Surgeons

You've made it through. Now comes the harder question: what kind of surgeon do you want to be?

Technical excellence is not enough — most of us already know that. The questions that remain are about how we communicate, how we lead, how we treat the people we train, and whether the culture we inherited is the one we want to pass on. This site is for surgeons who are still asking those questions.

On communication

Listening as a clinical skill

The case for communication in surgery is not about being "nice" — it's about better decisions, stronger trust, and outcomes that matter. These essays and research make that case precisely.

Surgical Palliative Care: Healing Beyond the Operating Room On what it means to keep the patient's goals at the center — even when, especially when, the path forward is uncertain. The Writing Essays on presence, decision-making, and the human architecture of surgical care.
On culture and leadership

The culture we're building, whether we intend to or not

Every interaction with a trainee, every response to a complication, every conversation in the locker room — these are culture. These projects try to make that visible.

#UnmaskMedicine A growing conversation about what medicine asks of those inside it — and what it might look like if we built it with more intention. #ILookLikeASurgeon The movement that began a global conversation about representation. What it taught us about culture, and what remains unfinished. Neurodiversity in Surgery On what it means to lead a team with genuine cognitive diversity — and how the field is leaving some of its most creative minds behind.
The research

The data behind the conversations

Peer-reviewed work on surgical identity, social media in medicine, health equity, and geriatric trauma — with the key ideas surfaced from each.

Research Publications Four intersecting areas of scholarship — each beginning as a clinical question and growing into something larger.
Working together

Coaching, speaking, and collaboration

If you're interested in working together — bringing these conversations into your program, department, or institution — I'd be glad to talk.

Coaching One-on-one work for surgeons and physicians navigating career transitions, leadership challenges, or questions about what comes next. Get in touch For speaking engagements, collaborations, or simply a conversation — reach out directly.
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