Your Dad's Legacy - at least 1 of them
I was an intern when I met your Dad. I would scrub as many cases as I could with him as he was an amazing vaginal surgeon. Every time I would scrub he would say he had to rush to the office and next time he would let me do the case. That was just his party line as he loved to operate and didn't want to share. But undaunted I continued to turn up as I learned so much. Every time I would remind him that he told me last time that next time it would be my turn. Maybe I finally wore him down, maybe he saw something in me, but he eventually let me sit down. I never looked back. My love of vaginal surgery led me to Urogynecology and shaped by future. So here I am 24 years later back in the department and now Interim Chairman. I believe I would not be who I am today without the care and time he spent to educate me.
Treat a patient you treat one, but educate a physician you treat thousands.
Thank you Dr Ritter and enjoy sitting down and doing your own cases in the OR in the sky.