Peter Rhee, Chief of Trauma Care, Univ Medical Center
Like everyone else, I was shocked to hear the news about Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. I watched the news coverage with sadness, disgust, and anger at how someone committed this obscene act of violence. The terrible incident in Tucson, AZ, whereupon Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others were shot by a deranged assasin this past weekend also highlighted the great work by our emergency room doctors and nurses and EMT's. God bless these people.
What was interesting to see was that Peter Rhee is the chief of the trauma care unit at the University Medical Center at the University of Arizona. I looked up his credentials and came away impressed. This guy is a 24 year military surgeon vet who has treated lots of injuries to Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The LA Time had an article on him:
Giffords' surgeon trained on the battlefield
"I was in the Navy 24 years, and I trained to do nothing but battlefield casualty care. When I did go to Afghanistan and Iraq, I wasn't in a hospital. I was in very forward surgical units, so I was very accustomed to working with very little gear and people and personnel, very little resources, with wounds that are very different than civilian injuries," Rhee said Sunday. "Did it prepare me? I would say of course it did. And that makes it so that when we have a mass casualty of 11 people here, it's really not as bad as it can get."
He's had positions as a Professor of Surgery and Molecular Cellular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Surgery at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; and at University of Arizona, he's the Medical Director, UMC Trauma Center, Co-Medical Director, Pediatric ICU Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director, and Critical Care Fellowship Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs.
Dr. Rhee is smart, was on the front lines serving his country, and has many accomplishments in his field. We should be grateful we have guys like him around to help out when the shit hits the fan.
What was interesting to see was that Peter Rhee is the chief of the trauma care unit at the University Medical Center at the University of Arizona. I looked up his credentials and came away impressed. This guy is a 24 year military surgeon vet who has treated lots of injuries to Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The LA Time had an article on him:
Giffords' surgeon trained on the battlefield
"I was in the Navy 24 years, and I trained to do nothing but battlefield casualty care. When I did go to Afghanistan and Iraq, I wasn't in a hospital. I was in very forward surgical units, so I was very accustomed to working with very little gear and people and personnel, very little resources, with wounds that are very different than civilian injuries," Rhee said Sunday. "Did it prepare me? I would say of course it did. And that makes it so that when we have a mass casualty of 11 people here, it's really not as bad as it can get."
He's had positions as a Professor of Surgery and Molecular Cellular Biology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Surgery at Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; and at University of Arizona, he's the Medical Director, UMC Trauma Center, Co-Medical Director, Pediatric ICU Program Director, Acute Care Surgery Fellowship Program Director, and Critical Care Fellowship Vice Chair, Clinical Affairs.
Dr. Rhee is smart, was on the front lines serving his country, and has many accomplishments in his field. We should be grateful we have guys like him around to help out when the shit hits the fan.
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And yeah, unfortunately, we won't see his likeness on TV hospital shows. But who knows? The more the mainstream sees a smart, battle tested Asian American guy like Rhee....maybe even that exposure helps a bit. He's the f--ing CHIEF of the trauma care unit. All those neurosurgeon guys are under HIS command.
and the higher up an AM gets, the more jealousy and contempt
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He's got a wedding band on, so unless his wife is really fat, he isn't getting tons of ladies.
To get to where he is and be head of trauma, he probably has no free time.
I bet the local high school QB who can barely read pulls more and hotter ass.