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urgery is a team sport. Clinical and adminis-
trative professionals have to work together to
win. But all too often, sparks fly. Where does
that conflict come from? Is it inevitable? In his inter-
active presentation, "We're Not the Enemy: What
Your Surgeons Wish You Knew About Us," Gerard
Honoré, PhD, MD, medical director and owner of
Fertility Specialists of San Antonio, will discuss
common (and some not-so-common) conflicts and
their underlying causes, and offer real-life solutions.
We recently spoke to Dr. Honoré.
• Surgeons and nurses both want the same thing. What's
the toughest thing for administrators and others to
understand about surgeons? There are a lot of
answers competing for the top spot to this question,
but my top choice is that surgeons and administra-
tors share all of the same goals. Everybody wants
safe surgeries, high patient satisfaction, and effi-
cient, profitable facilities. This may be difficult to
remember or believe when you're shouting at one
another, but it's true. The more both sides keep this
in mind, the closer to solutions we are.
Bridging the Gap Between
Surgeons and Administrators
Perspective is the
first step toward solutions.
Speaker Profile
• Medical director, reproductive
endocrinologist and owner of
Fertility Specialists of San Antonio.
• Co-author of "Overcoming
Infertility: A Woman's Guide to
Getting Pregnant."
• Has advanced degrees in math-
ematics and physics, as well as
medicine.
Gerard Honoré, PhD, MD
