Bruce Campbell MD

When I was an intern, I was performing a tonsillectomy closely supervised by an older surgeon. While we were working, he told me this story he had heard from one of his own mentors. My teacher swore it was true.

My short story, "Old Scrubs," is included in the upcoming anthology, "Where It Hurts: Dispatches from the Emotional Frontlines of Medicine." If you preorder the book through Barnes & Noble by January 1, 2026, you can save 25%.

For eleven years, I ran a narrative session for the entire third-year medical school class. I was sad when I realized this December will come and go without the opportunity to share time with these future physicians who are blazing their paths in clinical medicine and are at the most challenging, narrative-rich, and seminal points in their lives and careers.