I look forward to our September issue and the announcement of the year's OR Excellence Award winners. They represent the incredible surgical professionals who...

My family is firmly in the camp of taking the coronavirus threat seriously. Although I am beginning to venture away from home more often these days, masked and sanitized,...

Last month, as peaceful protests and violent opposition took over American cities following George Floyd's murder, surgical professionals around the country began to...

Being forced to quarantine at home during the coronavirus outbreak has been relatively easy to manage. Can’t go to work. Can’t hang out with friends and family....

“I’m done,” said my wife, sliding her chair back from the breakfast table on a recent Saturday morning. Or was it Wednesday?...

The sun was shining on a warm March day as I walked across the parking lot of my son's school. Hours earlier, the governor of Pennsylvania had called off classes to help...

Editor's Page;Wait... What's a Mayo Stand?

Editor's Page; Those Dreaded Performance Reviews

Got both my knees replaced in late August — and both at the same time. Yes, I only had one surgery, one hospital stay and one course of rehabilitation, but the pain...

What do you see in this photograph: surgical smoke, right? This photo accompanied an article in last month’s issue about mandatory smoke evacuation legislation....

Restaurant gift cards are nice, but if you’re looking for a way to honor your nurses for their extraordinary compassionate and skillful care in a way they’ll cherish long...

It's easy to lose sight of how vulnerable your patients are when they're laid out on the operating room table, sedated, anesthetized, cold and exposed, precious little...

Editor's Page: Can You Teach an Old Guy New Apps?

Editor's Page; Are ASC Sleepovers a Good Idea?

Editor's Page; We All Make Mistakes, But Few Talk About Them.

What AORN's acquisition of Outpatient Surgery means to you [it's all good].

Editor's Page: Good Help Is Hard to Find. And even harder to keep, as I - and probably you - know all too well.

Editor's page: Are your surgeons suffering in silence? The wear and tear of laparoscopy will take its toll on your doctors.

Editor's page: Those who are bullied bully right back. Now we know why the oppressed eat their young and each other.

Editor's page: A day of surgeries and zero opioids. Will alternative pain management techniques go mainstream?