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Uncertain Significance:

Stories of Surgery, Clarity, and Grace

Bruce H. Campbell, MD FACS

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Pushing Back on Medicine's Hidden Curriculum

Bruce Campbell MD

Nov 7
8 min

Pushing Back on Medicine's Hidden Curriculum

Dr. Campbell hopes that the next generation will push back on medicine's "hidden curriculum," by being open to patients' stories.

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Bruce Campbell MD

May 7, 2022
1 min

Hands-On vs. Hands-Off Medicine

In clinic, I bump fists or wave to patients and family members when, once, we would have shaken hands or even hugged."

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Talking About the Book with Surgeons (and Others)

Bruce Campbell MD

Apr 12, 2022
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.

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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.”

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Bruce Campbell MD

Sep 11, 2021
2 min

Working on my “Doctor Handwriting”

Dr. Campbell take the privilege of signing books seriously.

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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,...

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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..."

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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..."

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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."

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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."

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Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Rita Charon, MD PhD

Bruce Campbell MD

Aug 8, 2021
2 min

Advance Praise for "A Fullness of Uncertain Significance" - Rita Charon, MD PhD

"Dr. Bruce Campbell sets a new milestone for doctor-writers ... These stories will change lives."

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