Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Portrait of an exceptional colleague

2011; Springer Nature; Volume: 31; Issue: S1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/jp.2010.178

1476-5543

Josiah B. Gould,

Healthcare Systems and Technology

Over the last seven years I have had the privilege of being on the Intermediate NICU rotation with Phil Sunshine. When I follow him on service I always enter the NICU with many certainties. I am certain that many of the parents will tell me how much they miss Dr S, even though he set the stage for my coming. I am also certain, that no matter how complex the patient and how long the length of stay, Phil has gone well beyond the transfer summary and carefully identified and tied up any loose ends. And I am also certain that the handoffs will be informative and complete. But with Phil, there is always the unexpected … story…diagnostic insight…and…. One Labor Day weekend I began my on service on the holiday Monday. We were at our usual full census, with only a few feeder/growers and a lot of complex care ahead of me and the nurse practitioner. As I looked up from examining my first patient, I saw Phil across the room, scrubbed and in action. ‘Hey Phil I’m on service this month’. To which he replied ‘I know you’re on service. But I know these patients pretty well and figured that if I gave you a hand you would be able to spend some of the holiday with your family’. One of Phil's strong suits is caring, caring not only for his patients but also for the folks that he works with.