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As we age health care decisions abound.
I am contemplating surgery and trying to figure out what would be best for me. My surgery is a quality of life issue, not life threatening but something that really does need to be done right. This is not cookie-cutter surgery, very patient specific. Work to be done by a specialist.
Locally there are three surgeons at a university hospital with lots of letters after the MD. I know that they have Residents in their department.
The only other surgeon with similar credentials works for Kaiser.
There are surgeons in that specialty (likely graduates from the university hospital or Stanford) who practice at a highly regarded local hospital but they don't have a string of letters after their MD. My primary care provider does not know the university surgeons but says that he knows two of these who do good work.
The other factor is that only the university has a department dedicated to the specialty which may impact surgical resources.
If I were to choose the university physicians there is a good chance that my work will be done at least in part by a Resident, my issue isn't really complicated (to the best of my knowledge).
Which route would you go and why?
I am contemplating surgery and trying to figure out what would be best for me. My surgery is a quality of life issue, not life threatening but something that really does need to be done right. This is not cookie-cutter surgery, very patient specific. Work to be done by a specialist.
Locally there are three surgeons at a university hospital with lots of letters after the MD. I know that they have Residents in their department.
The only other surgeon with similar credentials works for Kaiser.
There are surgeons in that specialty (likely graduates from the university hospital or Stanford) who practice at a highly regarded local hospital but they don't have a string of letters after their MD. My primary care provider does not know the university surgeons but says that he knows two of these who do good work.
The other factor is that only the university has a department dedicated to the specialty which may impact surgical resources.
If I were to choose the university physicians there is a good chance that my work will be done at least in part by a Resident, my issue isn't really complicated (to the best of my knowledge).
Which route would you go and why?