Blog

  • She Killed Her Caregiver and Almost Killed Herself

    June 18, 2013 3:04pm
    From the Surgeonsblog archive, original post date 7/29/06 She was a Korean woman, spoke passable English. We always exchanged pleasantries, and she called me "doctor" when I picked up my laundry. This... Read More

  • When My Partner Got Sick

    June 14, 2013 2:47pm
    From the Surgeonsblog archive, original post date 7/26/06 "Musta been the ham sandwich," he said as he leaned onto the operating table and belched a couple of times. We were half-way through a thyroid... Read More

Q & A

  • Touch Surgery Q&A

    January 18, 2013 3:07pm
    OnSurg Founder Dr Chris Porter poses questions to Dr Jean Nehme, one of the founders of Touch Surgery. What is touch surgery? Touch Surgery is a mobile surgical simulator that aims to teach operati... Read More

  • Surgery in India: Dr Bawa

    December 07, 2012 11:04am
    Indian Surgeon Dr Ashvind Bawa recently formed a Facebook group to help his colleagues stay connected and informed about upcoming CME events. In recognition of Dr Bawa's social media presence in India... Read More

OnSurg Founder Chris Porter MD

  • Happy Nurses Week

    May 06, 2013 8:38pm
    When I was an intern staring blankly at a dropping pressure tracing, nurses said things like do you want to start Dopamine? When I struggled to place a PA catheter, nurses said things like that looks... Read More

  • Treating Hemorrhoids: What's New

    March 01, 2013 9:20am
    The upshot: New: doppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation is a technique under study. Stapled hemorrhoidectomy (like laser therapy twenty years ago) has NOT proven to be superior to common techn... Read More

Surgeon S

  • Resident

    June 13, 2013 10:47am
    From it’s no grey’s anatomy, originally posted 7/5/08 Just finished week one of being a resident. I've gotta say it was both very much similar and distinctly different from an intern... First o... Read More

  • I Am Becoming a Sword

    May 28, 2013 9:12am
    From it’s no grey’s anatomy, originally posted 7/22/08 three nights ago in the middle of my taking care of a gen surg patient that was coding at 2am, a cardiac surgery patient in rapid afib pulled... Read More

Surgeon Authors

  • Cutting Remarks: Thyroid Surgery

    June 17, 2013 10:49am
    From Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of a Surgeon written by Dr Sidney Schwab Ordinary thyroid surgery is very tidy. The thyroid is like the trinket in a surprise package; you open one lay... Read More

  • The Middle of the Night

    June 07, 2013 8:31am
    From Behind the Mask: The Mystique of Surgery and the Surgeons Who Perform Them written by Dr Gelber Chapter 10 "You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." - S... Read More

Surgicon

  • Surgicon Day 1 Snapshots

    June 17, 2013 11:35am
    OnSurg founder Dr Chris Porter is attending Surgicon 2013. Here are some snapshots from the first day. // Click here to open the gallery. Powered by Cincopa Media Platform for your website and Cin... Read More

  • Dr Hanney discusses Surgicon 2013

    June 14, 2013 6:13pm
    OnSurg founder Chris Porter poses questions to Dr Richard Hanney about the upcoming 2nd World Congress on Surgical Training in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 17. Please tell us about your experience at the ... Read More