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V. Rama Jayanthi, MD

When Surgery Does Not Go as Planned
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Dr. Jayanthi standing in OR

A surgeon’s reflections on complications, trust and moving forward together.   I have been thinking back on my career and the instances where a patient developed a complication, and the surgery did not go as planned. Having a family state their child was better off before the surgery and seeing the significant emotional harm it…

How to Build and Lead a Successful Medical Department
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Fostering an environment that supports evidence-based medicine, professional development and equal footing for clinician-researchers is a critical challenge for medical leadership. You can spot the collaborative leader because he’s rejected the heroic, solitary model of leadership. He doesn’t try to dominate his organization as its all-seeing visionary, leading idea generator and controlling intelligence. Instead, he…