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right. I had surgery at an institution where I'd formerly taught. A pro-
ceduralist who was a former student of mine was seeing patients next
door to my pre-operative holding area. My anesthesiologist was a for-
mer colleague of mine. I certainly didn't want people I knew to see
more of me than they should have. OSM
Dr. Singh-Radcliff (
drnina radcliff@aol.com
) is an attending physician in
the department of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at Atlanticare
Regional Medical Center in Pomona, N.J., and a member of the American
Society of Anesthesiology's Committee on Communications.
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