Surgeons’ Lives - Stuff that Matters

Neil Hyman reached the top in colorectal surgery having realized he was too slow and short to be a professional basketball player. The NBA will never know what they missed! Growing up in New York he t...

12 Nov 202351min

David Rattner has had a stellar career in surgery and his academic achievements should be an inspiration to all surgeons. Decades of clinical and innovation contributions in Boston where he was a fixt...

22 Okt 202351min

John "Tarp" Tarpley is quite simply a force of energy - blessed with an excellent thyroid gland he says! Despite being long past "retirement" age he continues to work as a huge force for good in Afric...

8 Okt 202353min

Undoubtedly one of the most famous surgeons in the world, Steve Wexner has his fingers in so many pies. He should have followed the family tradition and become a lawyer, judge or politician - but then...

24 Sep 202349min

This is a special interview you should definitely not miss. First a disclaimer - Vivian has been a friend since we were medical school classmates more than 40 years ago!! For the first half hour Vivia...

17 Sep 20231h 1min

On paper Keith Lillemoe MD is the Chair of Surgery at Mass Gen Hospital where he has been for 12 years. Before that he was Chairman in Indiana after 29 years in Baltimore where he was a medical studen...

4 Sep 202352min

Neil Floch is so much more than a Yale Bariatric Surgeon working in Greenwich, CT. He is a passionate advocate for changing the way society views obesity, manages obesity and approaches obese patients...

20 Aug 202356min

Julie Freischlag is one of the biggest names in surgery and her CV record of achievements is truly impressive. But there is so much more to her story than the extraordinary CV.   A vascular surgeon p...

11 Aug 202356min