Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC, Author at SurgeonMasters

11/10/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How to Increase Your Willpower: Part Two

In the first installment of this three-part series, we discussed practices you can incorporate into your daily routine to increase your willpower

11/04/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

How to Increase Your Willpower: Part One

Have you ever wondered why you seem to lack willpower just when you need it the most? For example, why does resisting dessert suddenly become much

11/01/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

4 Tips to Avoid Surgeon Burnout

Surgeon burnout is an epidemic. Many physicians who are experiencing the signs and symptoms of burnout don’t know what to do to deal with the burnout.

10/25/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Top 4 Things that Cause Surgeon Burnout

Surgeon burnout has become a serious problem in recent years, reaching near epidemic levels. Even for doctors who have experienced burnout, it can be

10/13/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Communication with Mutual Understanding

Now, I’ll be the FIRST to admit that checking into a place of mutual understanding isn’t always easy, as I was immediately offended for my colleague

10/06/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Improving Civility in Our Social Media

Communicating with mutual understanding—It’s not always easy but it IS important. Unfortunately, many of us have lost sight of that

09/30/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

If You Give a Surgeon a Cookie

It's Friday and I'm not a surgeon anymore. And I miss it every day and especially on Friday. My life is just the same as everyone's, but it's

09/06/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Published in American Urological Association News – October 2016

reprinted with permission in AAOS Now - September 2016 Reprinted with permission from AUANews, volume 21, issue 10, 2016; © American Urological

09/02/2016 Jeffrey Smith, MD, FACS, PCC

Energy Leadership for a Surgeon

A few year’s ago, I had a very successful surgical practice, but I was not happy that doctors were losing control of how best to care for patients. I