Dr. Richard Bosshardt

You'll get no argument from me on that. Who has more power than a surgeon? Nobody. Yeah. In that immediate moment, nobody does. Right.

You'll get no argument from me on that. Who has more power than a surgeon? Nobody. Yeah. In that immediate moment, nobody does. Right.

You'll get no argument from me on that. Who has more power than a surgeon? Nobody. Yeah. In that immediate moment, nobody does. Right.

The captain of the ship, basically.

The captain of the ship, basically.

The captain of the ship, basically.

anything which works against that, you have to fight. I think you have to work against that. It's disconcerting to me. I have to say, maybe I could use stronger terms, but I had a lot of private affirmation from colleagues, from surgeons.

anything which works against that, you have to fight. I think you have to work against that. It's disconcerting to me. I have to say, maybe I could use stronger terms, but I had a lot of private affirmation from colleagues, from surgeons.

anything which works against that, you have to fight. I think you have to work against that. It's disconcerting to me. I have to say, maybe I could use stronger terms, but I had a lot of private affirmation from colleagues, from surgeons.

I don't get a lot of public affirmation for that very reason, because some of them are older and don't want to deal with the blowback, the repercussions and the recrimination that can occur. Some of them, a few agree with the whole situation, crazy as it may be. all the DEI and so forth. And most of them were kind of like me.

I don't get a lot of public affirmation for that very reason, because some of them are older and don't want to deal with the blowback, the repercussions and the recrimination that can occur. Some of them, a few agree with the whole situation, crazy as it may be. all the DEI and so forth. And most of them were kind of like me.

I don't get a lot of public affirmation for that very reason, because some of them are older and don't want to deal with the blowback, the repercussions and the recrimination that can occur. Some of them, a few agree with the whole situation, crazy as it may be. all the DEI and so forth. And most of them were kind of like me.

They were just going along and too busy taking care of their patients to the best of their ability. I understand that. To... You know, I've been doing this for 38 years, and it's really not until about three or four years ago that I popped my head above the water, so to speak, and looked around and said, my gosh, the landscape out there has really changed.

They were just going along and too busy taking care of their patients to the best of their ability. I understand that. To... You know, I've been doing this for 38 years, and it's really not until about three or four years ago that I popped my head above the water, so to speak, and looked around and said, my gosh, the landscape out there has really changed.

They were just going along and too busy taking care of their patients to the best of their ability. I understand that. To... You know, I've been doing this for 38 years, and it's really not until about three or four years ago that I popped my head above the water, so to speak, and looked around and said, my gosh, the landscape out there has really changed.

This is not the field of medicine that I went into. And, you know, you'd like to think when you've devoted your life to a career or profession that, that you're gonna leave it a little better than you got it.

This is not the field of medicine that I went into. And, you know, you'd like to think when you've devoted your life to a career or profession that, that you're gonna leave it a little better than you got it.

This is not the field of medicine that I went into. And, you know, you'd like to think when you've devoted your life to a career or profession that, that you're gonna leave it a little better than you got it.

I built my practice on the shoulders of the people that went before, and I have a very strong sense of responsibility that I have to honor the traditions and the efforts on my behalf to get me to where I was. And you want to think that you've done somewhat the same. Now, I wasn't a professor. I wasn't a researcher.

I built my practice on the shoulders of the people that went before, and I have a very strong sense of responsibility that I have to honor the traditions and the efforts on my behalf to get me to where I was. And you want to think that you've done somewhat the same. Now, I wasn't a professor. I wasn't a researcher.