Doctors

Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine doctor Founder of Mijares Orthopedics "At this stage of my life, what makes life truly meaningful is spending quality time with family and friends, creating lasting memories and positive experiences. Our values are shaped by our upbringing and the people we surround ourselves with, constantly evolving if we allow them to, growing better each day. Being a good person means doing what’s right—treating others with kindness, respect, and care, just as we woul

Cardiovascular Surgeon, Baptist health Medical Center “A life worth living is one where each day is an opportunity to leave the world a little better than we found it. It’s about finding satisfaction and fulfillment in our work, knowing that what we do makes a meaningful contribution to others. For those of us in medicine, this often means helping people not only prolong their lives but also improve the quality of those lives. By teaching them how to care for their most precious asset—their hea

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon “When reflecting on the qualities that define a good person, a good patient, and a good doctor, I believe the ability to listen without judgment is paramount. A good person is one who listens to others with empathy and an open mind, not allowing biases to cloud their understanding of another’s experiences. Similarly, a good doctor listens attentively to their patients, taking into account the full context of their lives before providing guidance. On the other hand, a go

Assistant Professor of Occupational and Environmental Health Humanitas University "Medicine is a discipline of care, and often, we are not able to cure but must limit ourselves to treating. However, care, taking responsibility, and sharing in suffering are fundamental elements that help the patient understand, and when necessary, learn to live with the illness and face death, the latter being an inevitable condition for all living beings. There have been many cases where I have observed how a

"The first time I put into practice the knowledge I gained at school was in this laboratory. Reflecting on the countless hours spent here diagnosing diseases since 2019, I cannot forget every single person whose life path crossed with mine through the blue door of this hospital, the Wema Maternity Hospital in Kawangware. Some faces remain vividly etched in my memory, and some of their stories are impossible to erase. I clearly remember a child walking into the lab, firmly holding his mother's h

Transplant Surgeon Professor at Humanitas University Rozzano, Italy After completing my specialization in General Surgery, I moved to New York, where I began performing abdominal organ transplants at Mount Sinai Hospital. It wasn't the hospital's astonishing technology, the intense work pace, or the organization that caught my attention, but rather the approach to patients, the way doctors and patients communicated, and the centrality of the patient. Patients would arrive at the hospital with a

Director, Sbarro Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA Professor of Anatomy & Pathological Histology Department of Medical Biotechnology, University of Siena Philadelphia, (PA) USA "For centuries, faith and science have been like two actors sharing a stage, influencing each other throughout history. As Einstein said, religion, spirituality, and science coexist and influence each other, forming a kind of intertwining over time. This connection

Pediatrician Ospedale Filippo Del Ponte Varese, Italy "From Medical Enthusiast to Patient and Back: A Journey of Healing and Understanding" “When I was still a teenager, I watched my older sister spend hours hunched over medical books, wondering what kind of madness could drive her to such a sacrifice. In the end, she never graduated, but I discovered the value of that same madness and graduated in medicine. It was 2002. That day, I realized the madness I wanted to chase was helping sick peopl

Emergency Department EAS Istituto Clinico Humanitas Rozzano, Italy "The Human Side of Healthcare: Reflections from an Emergency Service Professional" The relationship between a healthcare professional and their patients has been a subject discussed in numerous volumes since the early days of the healthcare profession. What I have learned over these years of training, work, clinical practice, and interpersonal relationships with patients is that you can never stop at appearances. Within hospita

Chief Surgical Day Hospital Anesthesia and Intensive Care at Humanitas Research Hospital Adjunct Professor Open Faculty – Humanitas University Member Forum 1 General Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine – ESAIC Rozzano, Italy "A Lifelong Commitment to Medicine and the Human Connection" I consider myself very fortunate. I was six years old when I decided that I would become a doctor, and I never changed my mind about this profession. During high school, I also matured my decision about th

Adjunct Clinical Professor – Humanitas University Orthopedic Surgeon in Prosthetic and Reconstructive Hip and Knee Surgery Head of ERAS FAST TRACK Project – Humanitas S. Pio X Milan Head of Focused Shockwave Therapy Service – Humanitas S. Pio X Milan, Italy "The Evolution of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Modern Medicine" My relationship with patients has had to evolve over these 20 years, as the time for listening has been sacrificed to the demands of computer bureaucracy and the monetiz

General Surgeon Sarcoma, Melanoma, and Rare Tumor Surgeon at IRCCS-Humanitas Research Hospital Rozzano, Italy "The Surgeon’s Role in Oncology and Patient Care" I am a surgeon specializing primarily in sarcomas and rare tumors. This means that I constantly face oncology patients with diseases that most have never even heard of. I interact with these patients at various stages. There's the moment of taking their medical history, the moment of communicating the diagnosis, which inevitably leads