I did 22,000 procedures, mostly cardiac surgery. I started out doing a lot of bypass operations and why did you leave cardiology surgery and go to the administrative side . You have to use your hands and stand there all day long. I have seen a lot of surgeons come to the end of their careers and not stop when their athletic abilities deteriorated. I wanted to stop before that happened. Toid not think i was ready hang it up completely. I did not know exactly what i was going to do. I had looked at some opportunities. I thought maybe i would go to the Cleveland Clinic. , the ceo announced his retirement and asked me to throw my hat into the ring. Thing to could do one improve the situation, what would it be . I think the best thing i did was focus on the Cleveland Clinic. My opening speech, i said were going to put patients first. I handed out buttons that said patients first. That is the thing that really unites us all, whether you are an educator or a Research Scientist or administrato
Cardiac surgery is an at lettic event. You have to use your hands, stand there all day long. Athletes were out in time. I see a lot of surgeons come to the end of their careers and not stop when the athletic abilities deteriorated. I wanted to stop before that happened. And so i was trying to i didnt think i was ready to sort of hang up my spikes completely. So i didnt know exactly what i was going to do. So i had looked at some opportunities. I had been in a Venture Capital company for the Cleveland Clinic. I thought maybe id go do that. Then my predecessor, ceo, announced his retirement and they asked me to throw my hat in the ring. And i thought, gees, at least i dont have to move. One thing youve done since 2004 to improve the situation, what would it be . I think the best thing i did was focussed why we have a Health Care Organization with the Cleveland Clinic. My opening speech was i said were going to put patients first. I handed out 45 buttons that said patients first. Thats be
Worse worse disasters of the 21st century. The earth shook and triggered a tsunami that killed two thundershower 600 people. And the worse hit was srilanka. It was like an ocean coming at us. Reporter before december 26th most sri lankas has no idea what a tsunami was. We never heard the word. Reporter they had never heard the word until the waves came crashing down on them. Like so many places along the coast, the waves overtook the small town of baticalo. Which sits on the east side of sri lanka between the indian ocean and a lagoon. It was a morning after christmas not a day unlike others because there was a full moon thats celebrated as a holiday in sri lanka. Before noon, this temple was bustling with people. People were cooking food to celebrate. On the other side of the world christians were resting after the celebration. A shallow gush of water, no warning for what would happen next. It was a sight i will never forget in my life. It was a 30foot wall of water from one end of th
Help center, facilities in las vegas, toronto, a hospital and outpatient facility in ft. Lauderdale. A big commitment in abu dhabi, were running a hospital in abu dhabi, which is the largest hospital in uae. Were building the Cleveland Clinic abu dhabi. That is a very big project and the biggest project of its sort taken overseas. Ceo since 2004. Prior to that, how many operations did you get . I was a heart surgeon, 22,000 procedures. What kind . Cardiac surgery, mostly valve surgery. I did a lot of coronary bypass operations and then gradually migrated over to doing more valve surgery. But ive done almost all kinds of heart surgery. Why did you leave cardiology surgery and go to that add minute stra administrative si cardiac surgery is an at lettic event. You have to use your hands, stand there all day long. Athletes were out in time. I see a lot of surgeons come to the end of their careers and not stop when the athletic abilities deteriorated. I wanted to stop before that happened.
Well, chris and jessica, the trouble spots remain in Cumberland County, now also portions of Atlantic County as well. Heavy rain continues to move through the area. It almost looks to me as if the center of low pressure is trying to develop off the delmarva. Try to pivot that band of rain a little bit closer to philadelphia and into central new jersey, but again the areas that are hardest hit include portions of Cumberland County. Were still tracking showers and storms along the old front. We are far from done yet. Lets zoom in again on the heaviest spots. You can see the heavy red and orange shading there indicating where the heaviest rain is currently falling and it does include the city of vineland, right along hammonton. Millville has had an insane amount of rain tonight. Numerous cars reported stranded on 47 in millville and vineland. The millville airport, get this has had over a half a foot of rain tonight, six and a half inches and more is still falling there now. The Flash Flo