Serving the San Antonio Medical Community Since 1979
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Serving the San Antonio Medical Community Since 1979 |
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8 Dec 2000 In Profile  Charles B.
Christian Jr., M.D.ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius JOB DESCRIPTION: I perform adult cardiac and thoracic surgery, and am a surgeon on the Texas Transplant Institute Heart Transplant Team. I also operate a nutrition/preventive medicine clinic. PHILOSOPHY ABOUT WORK: Everything I do requires the cooperation of other people. I try to make them feel their efforts are important and that they are appreciated. I FEEL MOST SUCCESSFUL WHEN: I have related well with the patient and the family and have met their emotional needs as well as solving their medical problems. HOW COLLEAGUES SEE ME: As a team player, willing to help. WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW IS: How much I want to help them get through their tough cases. WHAT SURPRISES ME MOST ABOUT MY PEERS: Their physical and mental toughness in very intense situations. I MOST ADMIRE: The research scientists/engineers who have worked so hard to make it possible for us to do what we do. MY VERY FIRST PAID EMPLOYMENT: Bagging and carrying groceries at Piggly Wiggly and my own paper route. HOBBIES: Exercising, computers, astronomy, scuba diving and reading. LAST BOOK I READ FOR PLEASURE: "The Promise of Sleep" by William C. Dement. FAVORITE MOVIE: "The Shawshank Redemption" FAVORITE QUOTE: "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." Albert Einstein. FAVORITE FOOD: Salads and salmon. FAVORITE MUSIC: Broadway musicals. IF I WEREN'T IN HEALTH CARE, I'D PROBABLY BE: A research scientist or engineer working on biomedical research or the space effort. |
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