Behind Closed Doors - An Anesthesiologist's School of Thought

The New Frontier

A Son's Memories of his Father's Role as a Mercury and Gemini Program Physician, and a Captain Recalls his Life at Sea

Jun 6 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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Stephen Chamberlin

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March 2025

Regret - The Third Story

Briar Rose and the Boy Without a Face*

Mar 25 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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February 2025

Regret - The Second Story

"I Am Happy Too"

Feb 28 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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Regret - The First Story

The Loss That is Forever

Feb 14 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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Regret - A Story in Four Parts

Introduction and Prologue

Feb 9 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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April 2021

Dys-trophy

A young doctor tackles his most difficult patient - himself

Apr 30, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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The High Price of Feeling Low

A Surgical Emergency Exposes the Crisis of the Young and Uninsured

Apr 12, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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Surgery with an "Appy" Ending

In which a Physician faces his own diagnostic failure when it counts the most

Apr 5, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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March 2021

Downward to Darkness on Extended Wings

How Death has Informed a Physicians Life

Mar 23, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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A Pediatric Airway Emergency

An anesthesiologist and father confronts his worst nightmare

Mar 11, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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...Perchance to Dream.

In which I confront a suicidal teen, and consider my own thoughts and feelings toward depression and despair

Mar 1, 2021 • 

Jeffrey Swisher, MD

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February 2021