3.4 What I Am

At some point during surgical residency, most interns get a sense of who they are as doctors and the kinds of surgeons they want to become.

If you ask them, they'll tell you they want to be general surgeons, orthopaedic surgeons, neurosurgeons.

Distinctions which do more than describe their area of expertise, they define who they are, because outside the operating room, not only do most surgeons have no idea who they are, they're also afraid to find out.