Bruce Campbell MD

A writer-friend tracks Dr. Campbell down at a national meeting and asks him to autograph a copy of his book. What happens next is a surprise.

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%.