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second-year resident, we were stuck together
for a month when Penn State opened the
new outpatient " south " ORs. It was a battle.
Winner: Joan Ruffle. In those few weeks, she
showed me that I " didn't know what I didn't
know. " She taught me to appreciate every
detail of an anesthetic.

you and me. " He taught me that nothing
beats experience.

1993 that always had my back including some
still in the area such as Bob Campbell, Jeff
Jones, Eric Greensmith and Scott Milsteen.

John K. Stene, MD, PhD, was our trauma
I will end this walk down memory lane
anesthesiologist during my residency and easily
considered the father of trauma anesthesiology with quotes from Patrick (Pat) M. McQuillan,
in the United States. He spent years as the MD, who is a great pediatric anesthesiologist
head of anesthesiology at Maryland Shock and current vice chair within the department.
Jay Johnson, CRNA, was " rough around Trauma before coming to Hershey. If you We overlapped as attending and resident by
the edges, " had years of anesthesia experience, wanted to know how a patient was doing or about a month. We were assigned together
and seen it all. He just wanted to be left alone how a resuscitation was going, you could not once during that time. He walked into the
to give anesthesia, but it was not in my nature see it in John's face nor in how he handled room and asked, " This is your last week of
to leave someone alone. I would walk into himself. His emotions never changed. In residency? " I said, " Yes. " He smirked and said,
his room and say, " Teach me something. " I the heat of a disaster, he would look at me " Then I can't really help you anymore. " He
initially was shown the door, but eventually with a dry smile and say, " Well Joe, what proceeded to walk out of the room.
he gave in. The ride was great. He taught are you going to do now? " He taught me to
Congratulations Penn State Department of
me tricks of the trade that have stayed with stay calm under pressure when a patient is Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
me throughout my career. On his last day as under my care.
for 50 great years of service and commitment
full-time staff at Hershey, we were in MRI
There were so many others I could mention: to patient care, and the opening of the Dr.
together. Every patient was sicker than the W. Bosseau Murray, MD (a great teacher); Berend Mets Museum of Anaesthesia (Yeah,
next. We had two " codes " that day in that Frederick (Rick) A. Hensley, MD (a pioneer everyone but us in the USA adds the " a " ).
room tucked away in the basement of the med in cardiac anesthesiology and a dear friend);
center. During one of them, Jay said, " Don't and so on. I also cannot forget my fellow
look around for help. No one is coming. It's residents during those years from 1990 to

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