A Fullness of

Uncertain Significance:

Stories of Surgery, Clarity, and Grace

BRUCE H CAMPBELL, MD FACS

How to Order

Talking About the Book with Surgeons (and Others)

Bruce Campbell MD

Apr 13
4 min

Talking About the Book with Surgeons (and Others)

Dr. Campbell has had several wonderful opportunities to read from his book and have conversations about surgery, narrative, and reflection.

Bruce Campbell MD

Jan 27
3 min

Our Hands

Immanuel Kant noted, “the hand is the visible part of the brain.” This makes sense to me.

The VA - A Book Reading in the Operating Room and a Few Memories

Bruce Campbell MD

Dec 2, 2021
4 min

The VA - A Book Reading in the Operating Room and a Few Memories

Dr. Campbell reminisces about some of the things that have--and have not--chaged at the VA over the past forty years.

"The Short Coat Podcast" - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" interview

Bruce Campbell MD

Nov 18, 2021
1 min

"The Short Coat Podcast" - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" interview

Listen in as Bruce Campbell discusses his new book on one of the premier sites aimed at premed and medical students, The Short Coat Podcast.

Tuesday 11/16/2021 at 12:00 CST - 15th Annual MCW Medical Humanities Lecture

Bruce Campbell MD

Nov 15, 2021
1 min

Tuesday 11/16/2021 at 12:00 CST - 15th Annual MCW Medical Humanities Lecture

Here is the link to join in for the 15th Annual MCW Medical Humanities Lecture. I promise to leave time for conversation.

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 30, 2021
2 min

Now, the hard part begins ...

Now, we will work to bring the book to a wider audience ...

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 28, 2021
1 min

Today is Release Day! 9/28/2021

A Fullness of Uncertain Significance: Stories of Surgery, Clarity, & Grace is now available! The collection of sixty stories and essays captures moments that were meaningful and/or important to me over the course of my career, sharing what it means to be a physician, a surgeon, and a caregiver. I hope this book will be interesting and helpful to many groups, including premedical students, trainees, practicing physicians, workers in allied healthcare fields, patients, and thos

Updated Book Launch Information - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance"

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 26, 2021
1 min

Updated Book Launch Information - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance"

Rita Charon, MD PhD says, "these stories will change lives."

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 19, 2021
1 min

Book Launch Countdown!

Here are more details for the book launch next week. Tuesday 9/28/2021 live outdoor event. Wednedsay 9/29/2021 virutal event.

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Rana Awdish, MD

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 14, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Rana Awdish, MD

“The reader understands how, even in the pressurized world of surgery, there are moments of intimacy filled with grace.”

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 11, 2021
2 min

Working on my “Doctor Handwriting”

Dr. Campbell take the privilege of signing books seriously.

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Danielle Ofri, MD PhD

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 7, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Danielle Ofri, MD PhD

"Eminently readable and richly satisfying."

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS

Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 3, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS

"Medical students and residents will be inspired by his life’s journey ... aspiring to their own joyful and meaningful lives in medicine."

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Gayle Woodson, MD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 31, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Gayle Woodson, MD

"With compassion, humility, and shimmering prose, he shares the joys, pains, and somber responsibility of being a surgeon."

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Peter Marty

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 28, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Peter Marty

Bruce Campbell is no average surgeon and no ordinary writer. He takes the excellence of his medical trade and weaves the challenges, exhilarations, and tough decisions of surgery into beautiful prose. Here is one who clearly doesn’t reduce patients to a diagnosis, but who sees them as whole persons worth getting to know. The chapters in this book are like windows into the humility and generosity of a man I’d like to have as my personal physician. —Peter W. Marty, author of Th

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - K. Jane Lee, MD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 25, 2021
1 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - K. Jane Lee, MD

"A warm, compassionate, and honest voice..."

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Kim Suhr, MFA

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 21, 2021
2 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Kim Suhr, MFA

"These lean essays offer a glimpse behind the surgical drape to show what it’s like to be a cancer surgeon..."

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - William Lydiatt, MD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 18, 2021
1 min

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - William Lydiatt, MD

"With elegant and engaging prose, Campbell beautifully expresses the honor it is to be a physician."

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Olivia Davies, MD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 14, 2021
2 min

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Olivia Davies, MD

"His memoir of stories is sure to become a rite of passage for future doctors and patients alike."

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Carol Scott-Conner, MD PhD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 11, 2021
1 min

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Carol Scott-Conner, MD PhD

"It is impossible to read this book and not be changed by the experience."

Upcoming Events

Narrative Surgery - A Conversation at Creighton University
Fri, Apr 08
Creighton University Medical Center
Apr 08, 7:30 AM – 2:30 PM CDT
Creighton University Medical Center, 2420 Cuming St, Omaha, NE 68131, USA
An opportunity to discuss narrative medicine, reflection, and head & neck surgery
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Narrative Surgery - A Conversation at Johns Hopkins University
Mon, Mar 14
ONLINE
Mar 14, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CDT
ONLINE
A conversation about narrative, the book, and retiring with grace.
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2021 MCW Medical Humanities Lecture
Tue, Nov 16
TBD
Nov 16, 2021, 12:00 AM – 1:00 PM
TBD
Dr. Campbell will give the 2021 annual MCW Medical Humanities Lecture at noon on Tuesday 11/16/2021.
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Most Recent Essay

Recent Essays

Hands-On vs. Hands-Off Medicine

A Fullness of Uncertain Significance is Now an "Award Winning" Book

Talking About the Book with Surgeons (and Others)

Why I Try to Know My Patient's World, in Addition to Their Body

Book Readings and Events

Our Hands

Talking About the Book with Surgeons (and Others)

Our Hands

The VA - A Book Reading in the Operating Room and a Few Memories

"The Short Coat Podcast" - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" interview

Tuesday 11/16/2021 at 12:00 CST - 15th Annual MCW Medical Humanities Lecture

Now, the hard part begins ...

Today is Release Day! 9/28/2021

Updated Book Launch Information - "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance"

Book Launch Countdown!

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Rana Awdish, MD

Working on my “Doctor Handwriting”

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Danielle Ofri, MD PhD

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Julie Freischlag, MD, FACS

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Gayle Woodson, MD

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Peter Marty

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - K. Jane Lee, MD

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Kim Suhr, MFA

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - William Lydiatt, MD

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Olivia Davies, MD

Advance praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Carol Scott-Conner, MD PhD

Upcoming Events