Dr. Alopi (Alopi Patel)

Absolutely.

And it is such a privilege to be with patients at that time.

I think it is one of the most vulnerable times for most patients, right?

To feel like, okay, I am not going to have sensation or power or autonomy over my own body anymore.

And you're giving it to the hands of the anesthesiologist at that time.

And it's a powerful place to be in, but also a very important position to really be able to empower and identify the concerns that your patient has.

Absolutely.

I have one story that I can think of that really resonated with me about this is why I wanted to do anesthesiology and be an anesthesiologist.

There's this very high risk patient that needs surgery ASAP for hematoma, which is a blood clot, but she also has a massive blood clot in her lungs.

So that's a very tricky situation to be in.

The patient was already very nervous and I was able to connect with the patient.

I said, hey, you have a blood clot.

We have a couple options.

I'm going to talk to the surgeon as soon as they get here and we're going to see how we can do this.

And I spoke to the patient the entire time.

We put on her favorite music.

It was Yanni.

I had never heard of him.

It was like a Greek musician.

I know Yanni.