“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“These maladies don’t care how many books you’ve written, how many companies you’ve started, that Nobel Prize you have yet to win, how much time you planned to spend with your children. These maladies come for us all.”
— Catherine Mohr on cancer, heart disease and organ dysfunction
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
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“You think to yourself, ‘I’m not quite sure what’s wrong with this guy. But maybe if I cut a hole in his head I can fix it.’”
— Catherine Mohr on Stone Age surgery
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
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