Who has been your mentor during your career as an anesthesiologist?

"I find inspiration in a variety of people and things. I would have to say that the person who has most greatly inspired me has been my grandmother. She always had a smile on her face no matter how hard she worked and she loved everyone. She was well respected and always gave more than she received. I try to live with her as much as I can."

"My mentor has been my father. My father is also an anesthesiologist, so he has been able to help and guide me get to where I am today, especially during the powerful emotional undercurrents that come when patients don't improve or when they suffer complications."

"I have had as many mentors as I have had patients, because I make sure to learn something from each and every one of them, patient-by-patient, case-by-case, success-by-success, and complication-by-complication. I am always being mentored, and if I miss a lesson from any one patient, then I have not been a good anesthesiologist for that patient."