What is the most valuable lesson you have learned through your work as an anesthesiologist?

"During my path to becoming an anesthesiologist and then practicing the specialty, I've learned to see the patient's perspective instead of seeing it just as my performance of a duty. I have become much more empathetic which is a trait that all medical professionals should have."

"The most valuable lesson I have learned is the lesson of staying on task, and task number 1 is always putting the patient first in every thing I do and every decision I make. When I am rendering anethesia to a patient, I am on his or her time, not mine, and my world should serve the needs of his or her world."

"Often I meet my patient for the first time the day of anesthesia. The most valuable lesson I've learned as an anesthesiologist is how to establish a patient doctor relationship that is immediately supportive of trust, and for that, the patient must see the empathy I have. If that happens, patient trust is established which goes a long way to how the procedure will go."