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So She Is Dead?
Arch Surg. 2006;141:708.
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Dr John Kirklin was a master educator throughout his entire remarkable career—we can attest to this characteristic firsthand. He challenged, pushed, embarrassed, and most importantly stimulated us to develop everlasting traits in our surgical careers.
He stimulated medical students, general surgery residents, cardiothoracic fellows, and colleagues to ever deepen their knowledge. We vividly recall him regularly presiding over surgical grand rounds both at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Grand rounds was a general surgery conference taking place each Saturday morning and always represented a specific disease entity. During the presentation, Dr Kirklin would call randomly on people in the audience to answer specific questions regarding diagnosis and management. His questioning was vigorous, intense, and in depth. It was clear that if the individual did not have good knowledge of the subject, this was vividly exposed. After questioning a member of the audience, he . . . [Full Text of this Article]
AUTHOR INFORMATION
Jon A. van Heerden, MD;
Albert D. Pacifico, MD
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