colleagues impaired, acting drunk, acting incompetent do not report it. why keep the dangerous information quiet? joining us now is dr. jason giles, board certified anesthesiologist, an addiction specialist to suffered from alcoholism himself. thank you for being with us. you re welcome, good morning, alisyn, how is everybody. we re well here. massachusetts general surveyed 2000 doctors and said that 17% of them had encountered an impaired colleague in the past three years and yet alerted no one of the first of all, why are so many doctors working under the influence of something? well, that study that you re talking about is in jama the way it s phrased, have you come across an impaired colleague. 17% were not involved directly in the reporting. i think there s a prom with the study. do you reject the premise? you were a doctor, you have an interesting story yourself