GeorgeVMD

1. Typically 10-20 years of experience to become a Chief at a major hospital.
2. You cannot be an effective general, if you are not in the trenches with your soldiers.
3. As a trauma surgeon, one should be empathetic but at the same time cool and collected to offer effective care. Direct emotional involvement, when a life must be saved, does not benefit anyone.
4. No, I never cry.

Always the patients.

"Damage control surgery". This is the type of surgery which allows to quickly control the major damage, then resuscitate the patient, then come to repair everything in more detail. This concept has helped save many lives, comparing to the old times.

Play tennis and try to beat my son in basketball (which is hard and never relaxes me).

All the time. I stay in touch with many of my patients. It is probably the most rewarding part of the job.