Originally published by our sister publication General Surgery News
David Spain, MD
A funny thing happened at Stanford last year: A doctor started slowing down … voluntarily.
David Spain, MD, is a professor in Stanford’s Division of General Surgery who stepped down as the chief of acute care surgery at Stanford Hospital, in California, after 22 years of service.
“I spent a whole day fixing a problem, making phone calls, and as the day went on, I found myself