Bruce Campbell
Surgeon, Blogger, Advisory Board MemberBruce Campbell , M.D., was torn between career objectives in college, eventually choosing medicine over a life in radio. He is a Head and Neck Cancer Surgeon at the Medical College of Wisconsin, holding faculty appointments in the Department of Otolaryngology and the Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities.
He loves to write and has contributed medically related essays to WUWM's Lake Effect. He blogs at "Reflections in a Head Mirror” (www.froedtert.com/reflections) and at www.BruceCampbellMD.com. He and his wife, Kathi, live in Brookfield and are the proud parents of four adult children.
He joined the WUWM Advisory Board in 2013.
Twitter: @headmirror
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Today marks 19 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks killed almost three thousand people and injured many more at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon,… -
The coronavirus has transformed how hospitals are operating. Hospitals that once bustled with activity have been reduced to treating only the sickest… -
There are a lot of debates about the direction of medicine in this country, but the experience of being a doctor was brought into sharp relief by a trip… -
Saving lives is part and parcel of being a doctor. But as essayist Dr. Bruce Campbell well knows, it’s not the only part:She was nearing the end of a long… -
For those of us whose parents or grandparents grew up during the Depression, Christmastime was not always a time of abundance. Families often struggled to… -
Patients often judge their doctors on their bedside manner. But doctors also pay attention to how well they get along with their patients. But as Lake… -
EKG machines and other high-tech medical equipment are common in hospitals across the country. But as accurate and sensitive as they are, they can’t… -
Automated telephone answering systems were supposed to help firms conduct their business more efficiently and to help those calling for information get to… -
No matter how much learning we do, there's still going to be information we don't know. Essayist Dr. Bruce Campbell can relate, as he goes about teaching… -
In the years before I went to medical school, I worked as a nurse’s aide. Early one morning, one of the surgeons dropped by the Emergency Room in a…
