O TYM ODCINKU
See below for time stamps.
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Dr. Mark Rockoff
Dr. Rockoff is a Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital.
A native of New Jersey, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969 and Johns Hopkins Medical School in 1973. He then completed residencies in both pediatrics and anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in neuroanesthesiology at the University of California at San Diego. After leaving San Diego, he was on staff at MGH for two years when he moved to Boston Children's Hospital where he has been since 1981.
Dr. Rockoff is board-certified in pediatrics, anesthesiology, pediatric anesthesiology, and critical care medicine. He has been a member of the Residency Review Committee for Anesthesiology of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and is a Past-President of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia and the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is Chairman of the Archives Committee at Boston Children's Hospital and has had a longstanding interest in American and medical history. Importantly, Dr. Rockoff is seen by many as the father of combined pediatric-anesthesiology training spearheading the founding of the first combined residency program in Boston. He and his wife have three children and two grandchildren and reside in Hingham, MA.
Please enjoy with Dr. Mark Rockoff!
Time Stamps- Part 1: "Tell us about your specialty" [10:54]
- Routines, patients and outcomes [19:13]
- Most exciting / most mundane [44:50]
- One thing you wish you had known [48:43]
- One thing to consider in earnest [58:52]
- How practice changes depending on setting [59:44]
- Specific questions about combined peds-anesthesia [1:08:17]
- Biggest challenges / prediction for the next 10-20 years [1:17:56]
- Resources [1:22:46]
- Part 2: "Tell us about how you decided your specialty was right for you" [1:24:54]
- Part 3: "Give us advice for long-term career planning irrespective of your choice of specialty" [1:42:43]
- Book recommendations [2:02:44]
