Confessions of a Surgeon: A Deeper Cut

Paul A. Ruggieri, MD

Mar 2023 · Gatekeeper Press

About this ebook

As an active surgeon over the last thirty years, Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri has experienced and lived through the best and the worst of his profession. In his first book, Confessions of a Surgeon: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated he pushed open the operating room doors to give the public a startling view of what really went on inside the operating room. In Confessions of a Surgeon: A Deeper Cut, Dr. Ruggieri blows the operating room doors right off their hinges. It cuts deeper into a profession, even more mysterious then ever before. He candidly shares his thoughts on the patients that have impacted his life the most. He also exposes how surgeons (including himself) and the surgical profession have dramatically changed since the first time he nervously picked up a scalpel blade as a naïve surgical intern. He explores how these changes have helped and hurt patients. He also explores how these changes will continue to have a direct affect on anyone about to enter an operating room.

Ultimately, Dr. Ruggieri’s passionate and candid account of his life inside a changing operating room will give his audience the power of transparency and truth.

About the author

Dr. Paul A. Ruggieri, MD, is a practicing general surgeon with thirty years’ experience. A graduate of Syracuse University, he subsequently worked as an iron worker prior to attending Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Ruggieri received surgical training at the world-renowned Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He then served three years as an active-duty general surgeon in the U.S. Army. Dr. Ruggieri has also held various leadership positions at community hospitals including faculty membership at Harvard University School of Medicine. He has already authored several books on patient care and books about his unique experiences inside the operating room. This includes the highly successful Confessions of a Surgeon: The Good, the Bad, and the Complicated, Life Behind the O.R. Doors, and The Cost of Cutting. He lives in Rhode Island with his beautiful soulmate wife, Erin, and they are blessed with four sons and four grandchildren. Visit his website at www.paulruggieri.com.