Tim Pawlik (@https://twitter.com/timpawlik) is an academic surgeon focused on hepatobiliary diseases. He serves as the surgeon-in-chief of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Chair of the Department of Surgery in the College of Medicine. He has an MPH, PhD, and a Masters of Theology from Harvard Divinity School.
We talk to him about his unique training pathway, academic productivity and surgical“regret”. Finally, he gives us his thoughts on passion and leadership, specially duringCOVID19.
Links:
1. The Last Dance documentary: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/
2. When a Patient Regrets Having Undergone a Carefully and Jointly Considered Treatment Plan, How Should Her Physician Respond?: https://journalofethics.ama-
assn.org/article/when-patient-regrets-having-undergone-carefully-and-jointly-
considered-treatment-plan-how-should-her/2020-05
3. Regret in Surgical Decision Making: A Systematic Review of Patient and Physician
Perspectives. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28243695/
4. A Singular Hope: How the Discussion Around Cancer Surgery Sometimes Fails.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27638674/?from_term=pawlik%2C+tim+AND+decis
ion&from_pos=5
5. Comparing Surgeon Approaches to Patient-Centered Cancer Care Using Vignette
Methodology. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11605-020-04661-z .
6. ASO Author Reflections: The Influence of Surgeon Characteristics on Patient-
Centered Approaches to Treatment Decision-Making.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1245/s10434-020-08490-x .
7. https://www.ahpba.org/
8. Tim Pawlik’s peloton challenge
https://twitter.com/kelly_haisley/status/1248232421260173312
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