Dear friends,
May I wish you, your family and friends and colleagues at work a very Happy New Year! A big thank you I render to you all for electing me to this post of the President of our esteemed Association. I assure you that I am aware haloed legacy that accompanies this office and I would be the first to admit that when I look at the list of achievers who have preceded me, I am a bit intimidated. But I know that I am not alone, and with you by my side, together we are good for all occasions, formidable for all challenges and astoundingly awesome for all eventualities.
Friends, not just Plastic Surgery but Medical Science, in the shape it is today, is facing an existential crisis because the world expects a lot from us, lot more than we can humanly deliver. The patient was patient but the consumer demands instant and guaranteed service. He is out to purchase immortality and the government, with its regulations, or lack of them, is not helping either. So the situation calls for an overall change in your approach to patient care where you will have to convince, perform and document to the best of your ability and at the same time be an exceptionally good human being!
Remember, a challenge for the mediocre is an opportunity for the champion. Our perception of life can change its whole essence, and there is no doubt that each of us encounters situations in which our point of view determines how we interpret them. I... Read More