It's always nice to start a blog entry with a paraphrase of an Academy Award acceptance speech. Sally Field (as Norma Rae) won an Oscar for delivering her co-workers from the oppression of Dickensian cotton mill. Although I am a urologist in the movie capital of the world, it's fair to say, sadly, that I will never hold an Oscar at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion (or anywhere else). Our recognition, as physicians, is virtually always silent and confined to the barriers of the examination or operating room.
Imagine my surprise to be notified of being voted best urologist by a readers' poll by the Daily News here in Los Angeles. How nice to imagine a grateful person taking the time to vote for me!
Alas, it is business as usual at the Southern California Center for Advanced Urology. No post-awards parties by Vanity Fair. I am content with the honor and wouldn't trade it for anything (except maybe a Nobel Prize).
Imagine my surprise to be notified of being voted best urologist by a readers' poll by the Daily News here in Los Angeles. How nice to imagine a grateful person taking the time to vote for me!
Alas, it is business as usual at the Southern California Center for Advanced Urology. No post-awards parties by Vanity Fair. I am content with the honor and wouldn't trade it for anything (except maybe a Nobel Prize).
