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Roles for the Surgical Investigator

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Abstract

A surgical investigator is a bridge tender, channelling knowledge from biological science to the patient’s bedside and back again. He traces his origin from both ends of the bridge. He is thus a bastard and is called this by everybody. Those at one end of the bridge say he is not a very good scientist, and those at the other say that he does not spend enough time in the operating room. If only he is willing to live with this abuse, he can continue to do his job effectively.1

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  1. R. C.-J. Chiu
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  2. D. S. Mulder
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, Surgical Clinic Merheim, D-5000, Cologne 91, Federal Republic of Germany

    Hans Troidl

  2. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, H3A 1A2, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Walter O. Spitzer

  3. Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, 02114-2696, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Bucknam McPeek

  4. Department of Surgery, McGill University, Montreal General Hospital, H3G 1A4, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    David S. Mulder

  5. Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Eaton North 10-226, M5G2C4, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Martin F. McKneally

  6. Department of Surgery, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, 23298-0645, Richmond, Virginia, USA

    Andrew S. Wechsler

  7. Department of General Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, 77030, Houston, Texas, USA

    Charles M. Balch

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Chiu, R.CJ., Mulder, D.S. (1991). Roles for the Surgical Investigator. In: Troidl, H., et al. Principles and Practice of Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0371-8_2

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