Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

News

The Right Choice? A New Chapter

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: December 14, 2018

We must not forget how significant our relationships with our patients can be.

News

Communication and consent

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: October 4, 2018

Good communication skills including listening to the patient and the patient’s reasoning are essential in obtaining informed consent.

Opinion

The Right Choice? Modifiable risk factors and surgical decision making

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: August 14, 2018

Surgeons allow significant latitude for patients to make individual decisions about assuming greater or lesser risks.

Opinion

The right choice? Surgery “offered” or “recommended”?

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: October 19, 2017

We must accept that patients can refuse even the most strongly recommended treatments.

News

The Right Choice? Surgeons, confidence, and humility

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: February 17, 2017

Most successful surgeons express a level of confidence in their abilities which often exceeds that of many other physicians. Such observations have...

Article

The right choice? Surgeons, confidence, and humility

Author:: Peter Angelos, MD, PhD, FACS

Publish date: February 17, 2017

It started as an offhand comment. The patient had been on the medicine service for over a week before developing acute appendicitis with an abscess...