Arc of a Surgeon

Ruthlessly selected

Predisposed by disposition

Nurtured by training

Encouraged by profession

Early in the journey

Hubristic default mantra

“Don’t just stand there

Do something!”

Further on down the road

A series of victories and defeats

Follow the inevitable collision

Between theory and practice

Only a few will learn

To truly open their eyes ears and heart

Embracing triumph and disappointment

With never-ending opportunities for reflection

By the end of the journey

A deeper level of awareness

“Don’t just do something

Stand there!”

A poster with a feather on it that says, what do you need to know

Jon R. Davids

JDavids@shrinenet.org

Jon R. Davids, MD is a professor and recent emeritus holder of an endowed chair in Pediatric Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of California Davis School of Medicine. He has served as the Assistant Chief of Orthopaedics, and Medical Director of the Motion Analysis Center at Shriners Children’s Northern California.