Malpractice Series #4: Q&A with Dr. Ruth Bush
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In the penultimate episode of our malpractice series, we interview Dr. Ruth Bush (@RuthLBush) who obtained her JD and provides insight on malpractice from the surgeon's perspective. As a bonus at the end, we Dr. Rolando Pinchetti (@rfap3) from Argentina joins us to talk about malpractice in his country.
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| 0:30.1 | Behind the Knife, the Surgery Podcast, where we take a behind the scenes intimate look at surgery |
| 0:36.1 | from leaders in the Knife. |
| 0:53.0 | Our guest today is Dr. Ruth Bush. |
| 0:56.0 | She's the Associate Dean for Medical Education at the University of Houston. |
| 1:00.0 | She previously held the position of Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at Texas A&M Health |
| 1:08.1 | Science Center and she's the Director of the Vane Center at Scott and White's and she's the Chief |
| 1:12.4 | of Vascular surgery at the VA |
| 1:14.0 | Hospital in Temple. Dr Bush completed her medical training at the University of |
| 1:18.0 | North Carolina followed by a general surgery residency at the University of |
| 1:21.4 | California Davis and a vascular fellowship at Emory. |
| 1:25.0 | After that, she completed her Masters of Public Health in 2005 and as if that weren't enough, she went on to law school and got her a lot degree. |
| 1:32.0 | Dr. Bush, thank you so much for being with us to talk about this important topic on |
| 1:35.6 | behind the knife. Well, thank you very much for having me. I very much appreciate and |
| 1:41.0 | appreciate you bringing this topic to the forefront. |
| 1:44.7 | I, a little disclosure, I did go to law school which was very significant in my life, |
| 1:52.0 | however, I have not set for any bar |
| 1:54.8 | and I do not practice law. |
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