About

me @ my day job

I’m a surgeon and palliative medicine doctor by day, and a blogger by whenever I have time.

So not very often.

I have a degree in economics and public health. I also have a medical doctorate and advanced training in head and neck surgery and palliative medicine. I like to think and write about politics, people, and how we treat each other. You’ll often find me yelling about injustices, inefficiencies, and inexplicable things. I started this blog because I’ve been saying I would for years and I try to mean what I say.

That diploma was expensive.

So what is this blog?

It’s a collection of my organized thoughts, most of which are inspired by real life statements, almost all of which end with the phrase: “I don’t know, nobody asked me.” To which my oft unwilling audience usually says: “Maybe you should start a blog and stop yelling about it.” This is that blog.

The work here is original, but I am, like everyone, influenced by what I read. And I read a lot. So most of my work is informed by things that someone else discovered, things we are learning right now, and people who are much smarter than me. I cite with reckless abandon.