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  • C. Alessandra Colaianni, M.D.

As the surgeon prepared to make the first incision in a patient’s belly, he asked the medical student, “Why am I doing this?” When the student began explaining the patient’s condition, the surgeon stopped her: “No,” he said, “we’re doing this because it’s fun.”

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Author Affiliations

From the Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston.

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